CHAPTER 16
In his upstairs office, Martin dropped samples he had taken from the greenhouse on his desk and pulled the drapes back to let in the sunlight that had been peeking through. Looking at the plants he wanted to examine he decided that could wait.
He pulled out the swivel chair from behind his mahogany wood desk, sat down and opened the middle drawer. He reached under the lip of the drawer and retrieved a small key which he used to unlock the bottom right-hand drawer. Lifting out the false bottom, Martin removed a small metal box and put it on the desk. Then, he reached into his vest pocket and removed another key. He thought, There’s a full security safe in the lab downstairs but I still feel more secure with this in my desk under old-fashioned lock and key. He used that k
