CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
No one spoke for a moment.
Then Mitch said, “Steve, I think I noticed something. Can you back up to the part where he goes back outside after the murder, and roll it from there?”
“Sure.” Steve rolled it back to the spot Mitch had mentioned and played it again.
“Pause,” Mitch said. “I don’t know if you guys noticed, but she hasn’t moved a muscle this whole time,” he pointed at Paula’s image on the screen. “Now, watch what happens. Play, please, Steve.”
Steve continued to roll forward. They watched Mikel change clothes, grab some things from the tan car and bring them to the Mazda. Then he grabbed his laptop, opened it, typed something in, and she moved.
“Pause. Right there. Nathan, I think he’s booting her up. I think that’s your evidence she’s been infected with na
