MARI

The rest of the day passed quickly after we found it impossible to get into Pierce’s office. The only other way was through a door on his balcony at the back end of the house, but that would require me to scale a brick building using only a rain gutter and my nonexistent Spider Man abilities.

My video screen on the laptop crackled, froze for a second, but then picked back up as Betty, an older woman with graying hair who devoted her life to the cause and ...