Arc: the Buried Life
“Given yesterday’s events, she was surprised not to find Sundar already at his desk or, more likely, waiting by her office with stacks of notes in hand. They had enjoyed a tantalizing measure of success at the Wickery office the day before, a much-deserved victory after their individual defeats investigating Arnault, but she was still stunned by the implications of what they had found. Arriving at the law office by mid-afternoon the previous day, they had been astonished to find it still operati...ng and under the management of Edmund Wickery’s son, Edmund Jr. He’d greeted them with the matter-of-fact dourness of a man who both loathes his occupation and believes that his feelings on the matter are universal. When the inspectors had introduced themselves and their purpose, he’d seemed only moderately surprised. “My father retired from the practice eight years ago, and he passed away two years later,” he told them as he stacked and shuffled papers. “I’m sorry to hear that,”MoreLess
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