Privileged Witness
“Cautiously she went in, keeping the door open behind her. She would run but only if she had to. Until then, Josie stayed close to the wall and mentally catalogued what she saw.
The furniture hadn't been moved but the small things were trashed: two thirds of the books on the floor-to-ceiling shelves had been thrown to the ground, papers from the desk were everywhere, computer discs tossed in for good measure. The laptop computer had been thrown into a corner and its screen still pulsated wit...h flat blue light. Whatever happened, it happened in the last two hours or the battery would have been dead.
To Josie's left was the kitchen; to her right were the doorways and hallways that led to the private wing of the penthouse. The hallways appeared to be empty. The master bedroom door was closed. Josie eased herself into the kitchen. It was untouched, gleaming as if it had never been used. Josie slid a knife out of the block on the island. Small enough to maneuver, it was also big enough to do some damage.MoreLess
The furniture hadn't been moved but the small things were trashed: two thirds of the books on the floor-to-ceiling shelves had been thrown to the ground, papers from the desk were everywhere, computer discs tossed in for good measure. The laptop computer had been thrown into a corner and its screen still pulsated wit...h flat blue light. Whatever happened, it happened in the last two hours or the battery would have been dead.
To Josie's left was the kitchen; to her right were the doorways and hallways that led to the private wing of the penthouse. The hallways appeared to be empty. The master bedroom door was closed. Josie eased herself into the kitchen. It was untouched, gleaming as if it had never been used. Josie slid a knife out of the block on the island. Small enough to maneuver, it was also big enough to do some damage.MoreLess
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