Chapter 45Abu looked around the artificially lit room. The fluorescent tubes gave off a blue hue and several of the tubes appeared to be on the verge of burning out. The air felt stale and smelled musty. Clearly, this was a room that wasn’t used very frequently. Various pieces of equipment were stacked beside the walls and covered with cloths. Michael stepped around Abu and pulled a cloth off a standalone light fixture, filling the room with dust and causing Abu to sneeze.
“Are you going to just stand there looking stupid, or are you going to help out? Come on, take down these covers.”
Abu slowly stepped forward and reached out, grabbing a waist-high cloth. He pulled it toward him, revealing a computer station that looked ten years out of date and an unusual looking printer.
“What is th
