Chapter 7 Briar Hill College Evanston, Illinois The sign above Alex’s office door warned, Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here. Stacks of paper piled high on his desk; books lay on top of meeting agendas. Anything left on Dr. Alexander Brancusi’s desktop might never be found again, at least not during this century. But Alex wasn’t looking at the disaster piles. He was looking into copied records of Briar Hill College’s financial records from three years ago. Frustrated, he wasn’t finding the evidence he was looking for. Maybe it didn’t exist. Alex looked up and saw invaders about to enter his inner sanctuary. He stiffened as two jean-clad ladies in sandals and tank tops, perspiration dribbling from their foreheads, strolled into his office. Elena and Marina. Hell and Damnation. Immedia

