The room was utterly silent as the three stared at the envelope. After several seconds, they looked at one another but still didn’t speak or move.
Finally, Paul reached out and carefully opened the envelope. Inside was a USB drive. Paul took the device out and examined it. There was no label, but more blood was smudged on it. He felt a chill and mild nausea developing. He studied Tom and Catherine and saw they felt something similar. Without saying a word, he plugged the drive into the laptop and opened the media file.
From the camera"s angle, they could see the recording was made in this room. There was a view of the whiteboard and the door beyond, which they’d entered.
Paul glanced away from the screen, and seven feet away, the camera which would make the recording sat on the tripod i
