For a moment, I couldn't move.
Arthur stood in the doorway, his coat damp from the rain and a satisfied smile on his face. He looked as though he had never been arrested, as though the past twenty minutes had been nothing more than a game.
Harrison stumbled backward.
“How is this possible? We saw the officers take you away!”
Arthur chuckled.
“You saw two men in uniforms and assumed they were police. After twenty years of running this university, do you really think I don't know how to make people disappear when necessary?”
He stepped into the room, glancing at the letters scattered across the table.
“You've been busy, Lara. The families, the payments, the missing scholarships. You've uncovered quite a lot.”
“Then why are you here?” I demanded.
“To finish what I started.”
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