CHAPTER FORTY
Walder yanked the gate open and charged on inside. As Riley and Bill followed, he disappeared behind a pile of boxes. Then they heard him yell.
“Damn it!”
Riley caught up with Walder and looked around. There was nothing back there at all—just a patch of bare, concrete floor in an empty, cobweb-infested corner. Riley knew that there was nowhere else to look in this basement. She glanced at Bill, who just shrugged.
Walder put his g*n back in his holster.
Frantic footsteps were storming down the stairs. As Riley and the others came out of the fenced area, Emily Creighton rushed toward them, her weapon drawn. Craig Huang was standing on the stairs, also prepared for action. Riley realized they had heard the shot fired when Walder destroyed the padlock.
“Is somebody down?” C
