Numb by Isabelle Carey

Author:Isabelle Carey [Carey, Isabelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-05-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Liam

She told me her name is Chloe Kent. When I return to the command post, I will run a cross reference to double check that she's a new teacher here. I have no reason not to believe her; however, she was roaming the halls seemingly aimlessly after the lights were momentarily disabled. Naturally, that set off all kinds of warning bells inside of my mind and immediately brought out the skeptical detective in me. I only allowed her to leave because I radioed the security station at the front gates who verified her identity. Scanners don't lie but still I like to be thorough.

When I took over this investigation, I established the command center in the administrative offices, which is near the front entrance into the school building. It doesn't take me long to enter the section of rooms that are filled with tech personnel, monitoring the going-ons around the orphanage.

I walk over to the nearest tech, receiving a few trivial greetings along the way. She's typing code feverishly into a computer, while flipping rapidly back and forth between camera monitors on the same viewscreen. "I need a cross reference file for an employee," I command her without a hello.

"Name?"

"Chloe Kent."

"One moment."

I watch as she works to double check every known file that World State has on Chloe Kent, filtering through everything to guarantee that there aren't any anomalies to be found within the data, anomalies that can determine if any of the files are phony. It takes a couple of minutes to reference everything, although the school doesn't have many files on Miss Kent yet, other than her application, resume, background check, and other pertinent information used by the dean's office during her hiring process.

"Nothing," she tells me suddenly. "Everything checks out."

I nod and accept this. But I'm still suspicious of the woman named Chloe Kent. Was it just me or did it seem like she was trying to avoid me? I know she heard me when I tried to stop her but yet she turned and walked away. I had only wanted to return her pen and nothing more. But her reaction was atypical. The sight of a White Agent might intimidate an average citizen but not enough for him or her to attempt to steer clear of the agent altogether.

She was also wearing a butterfly lapel pin on her cardigan. I noticed it immediately when I returned her pen to her. The pin alone has implications of SAFE. But what would a member of SAFE be doing here? What business would she have here if she was a rebel? I doubt that the orphanage would be the first place that the revolutionaries would hit the day they began their so-called assault on the government. Surely, she wasn't scouting out the place. Or maybe I'm just reading into it too much. This entire investigation has been weighing heavily on my mind so much that every little thing is starting to affect me in strange ways.

Whether or not

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