Chapter 8The security guards turned towards me. The female alien stepped forward. Everything about her bearing suggested that she was in charge. "Why is this being standing in the hallway?"
"I asked him to wait for me," I said. "I had a meeting with Mr. Winston."
She looked past me at the door I had just come out of. "Mr. Winston isn't seeing anyone right now."
"Check your records, lady. I just had a meeting with him. I'm Brock Marsden. I happen to be investigating the murder of Mr. Winston's daughter. That's my partner you've got cornered there."
Her mouth tentacles twitched towards her mouth then hung still. I think she had been about to suck them in like Gee had done, but I suspect that it was considered bad manners. "Very well. If your meeting is concluded, then you will need to le
