“Okay, sunshine, but first, let’s go back in there...” I tilted my head toward the stairway. “...and wait for Patrick. Hopefully he found something.”

Araneae looked down at her watch. “It’s a little after eight thirty. What time do the people start working?”

“The offices open at nine. I’d like to be long gone by then.”

We slipped back through the door the direction we’d come, my hand wrapped securely around hers as footsteps from ...