Chapter 4

The next few days went by quietly, nothing out of the ordinary.

Charles didn't contact me at all, like that USB drive was just a passing moment in his life.

However, I knew for sure he'd started digging.

He would use every means necessary to pry open whatever secrets that drive might hold.

And when he found out it held nothing, he'd get even more suspicious, maybe even paranoid.

Once suspicion took root, it spread like wildfire.

I got a call from Vivian on Friday afternoon. She asked me to meet her at a gallery.

When I arrived, she was…