Chapter 30
It was a simple mistake. She was tired. That was the only excuse she had.
Ziva had been working late at the church on the revised library design. The concept of a doorless entry was a difficult puzzle. She had filled pages of her notebook with ideas. When she got home, Lucien was out at a dinner with a potential investor. The apartment was empty and quiet.
She meant to just check something on her personal laptop. A detail about local building codes for a different project. But once the laptop was open, she kept thinking about the library. She opened a basic design program. She began to sketch. It was just to visualize an idea about a sunken courtyard as a hidden entrance. She told herself she would only spend ten minutes.
But the work pulled her in. Time slipped away. The ap
