CHAPTER 23- Pandora -
Pulling her dressing gown around her, Penny reties the cord at her waist. She takes the data sliver from the bench, her hand hovering, about to slip it into the computer.
No. She shouldn’t be doing this.
She shouldn’t be examining the contents of this stick. Instead, she should pick up the phone right now and call Tanner. She should tell him that after struggling to haul Buchanan’s body from the flames, Matiu found the data sliver caught up in his clothes. Or that she found it on the roadway, blown out of the building in the explosion.
Frowning, Penny replaces the sliver on the kitchen island. She glares at it. There’s no question of her phoning the detective. She can’t. Even if her explanations were halfway plausible—which they’re not—Tanner would see through her
