By the time Clara, Alexander, and Ethan finally left the storage unit, the sun was already beginning to set.
Hours had passed without any of them noticing.
Every file they opened seemed to raise new questions. Every piece of evidence Emily had hidden revealed another layer of a mystery that was becoming larger than any of them had imagined.
Clara carried a folder tightly against her chest as they walked across the parking lot.
Inside were copies of several documents they had decided to take for further examination.
The original evidence remained safely locked inside the storage unit.
Neither Clara nor Ethan wanted to risk losing anything.
Not after waiting twenty years to find it. "What now?" Ethan asked as they approached Alexander's car.
Alexander unlocked the vehicle remotely. "
