CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE
“Hello, Restorations Department.”
“Yes, good morning.” Rais did his best to affect a professional yet friendly tone. “My name is Charles Rothstein, from the law firm of Holbrook & Leary. I’m calling in the hopes of obtaining some information on a past employee.”
“Who are you calling about?” He could hear the frown in the woman’s voice.
“Well, admittedly, it’s something of a sensitive subject,” he told her. “This particular employee was a woman who passed away suddenly about two years ago…” He trailed off slightly and let the woman take his bait.
“Oh. You must mean Kate. Kate Lawson.”
“Yes, that would be her.” Kate Lawson. He hadn’t known the woman’s name; only what she looked like and that she worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.
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