Since she didn't need Lotus to repeat the lesson of holding it together, she wired steel into her backbone and attempted to screen out the horrific images surrounding her. Now was not the time for a breakdown. There were matters of business.
"Someone was looking for something, don't you think?" she inquired, attempting to look at the destruction through fresh, non-hysterical eyes.
"Maybe. Maybe they just wanted to get your attention when you got here. Like they knew you were coming."
"That would seem to indicate Julian. He showed up here at the same time you did."
Lotus leaned over Lila's desk, unplugging cords at the back of the system in silence.
"Ripping that back to your house?" she asked.
"Yeah. You said you thought they were hijacking her webcam. I'll check."
If she'd had the
