บท 16: The One Who Surrendered

HELEN

We have gathered inside our office, all ready to discuss the trouble up ahead. 

We have spent the entire afternoon gathering evidence, eyewitness reports, digging up records, and trying to uncover everything there is to know about this case. As we gather here now, we look forward to solving the mystery of the governor's killer. Time is more crucial for this case, as a politician has died, and the media will surely hound us for answers. Now it is time for a good discussion.

We settle in front of our tables. Tripod is in the middle of the room, like a fluffy adjudicator for the discussion. 

Lt. Graves stands to take the lead.

"The secretary…" he starts.

He is interrupted by a knock at our door.

"With a mission so important you'd think they'd know better than to disturb us," says Sgt. Maraya.

Indeed, I silently reply. 

I head for the door, opening it.