The lead turned out to be both a relief and a torture.
Adrian stood behind his desk at exactly seven in the morning, still in yesterday's shirt, his tie long abandoned somewhere on the office floor. The investigator placed the folder in front of him carefully, like a man handling explosives. Adrian opened it without wasting a second.
The report was thin. Frustratingly thin. Three pages of cross-referenced phone tower data, hotel booking patterns, and one grainy CCTV screenshot that showed nothing conclusive. But the conclusion at the bottom of the third page made Adrian's jaw tighten so hard he felt it in his temples.
Subject is confirmed to still be within Lagos. Last triangulated signal before phone was switched off places her in the Ikoyi axis. Specifically, activity was traced near
