Burn (2011)
“Carver supposed that juxtaposition of services made good sense, as he rode a gleaming steel elevator like a rocket to the fifth floor.
Despite the sleek modernity of the building, the offices of the Edgeworth Agency were comfortably cluttered. A young man with unruly dark hair and a harried expression sat behind a desk that was almost invisible beneath various pieces of electronic office equipment, fanned-out papers, and a sheet of crinkled aluminum foil on which rested a half-eaten turkey sand...wich. His white shirt was rumpled, his tie was loosely knotted, and when he looked up and saw Carver he appeared startled.
“It’s not always like this around here,” he said, smiling uneasily as if he’d been caught reading pornography. “I’m, uh, trying to get some paperwork in order.”
The name plaque on the desk said he was Jim Martinelli. Carver introduced himself.
“I’d like to ask some questions concerning a woman who came here about six months ago and inquired about adopting a child,”MoreLess
Despite the sleek modernity of the building, the offices of the Edgeworth Agency were comfortably cluttered. A young man with unruly dark hair and a harried expression sat behind a desk that was almost invisible beneath various pieces of electronic office equipment, fanned-out papers, and a sheet of crinkled aluminum foil on which rested a half-eaten turkey sand...wich. His white shirt was rumpled, his tie was loosely knotted, and when he looked up and saw Carver he appeared startled.
“It’s not always like this around here,” he said, smiling uneasily as if he’d been caught reading pornography. “I’m, uh, trying to get some paperwork in order.”
The name plaque on the desk said he was Jim Martinelli. Carver introduced himself.
“I’d like to ask some questions concerning a woman who came here about six months ago and inquired about adopting a child,”MoreLess
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