Dead and Dusted by Lily Webb

Author:Lily Webb [Webb, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Webb

Chapter 8

Brady’s mouth opened and closed repeatedly like a fish out of water. “W-what do you mean?” he stammered as he edged his way around Agent Gemwood to verify what she’d said. He froze when he found nothing inside the room. “I swear to you, it was all here yesterday! I mean, you saw the picture I took!”

“Yes, well, it’s not here anymore. So, where did it go?”

That was one spell of a question, and one I desperately wanted the answer to myself. I hadn’t gotten a first-hand look at the scene, but I never doubted what Brady had seen inside the restroom; after all, he’d shown Blair and me the photo he’d taken of the fairy dust on the floor. But Leland’s security had been guarding the entrance overnight, so how could anyone have gotten in there — unless it was a guard?

“I need Jorah,” Brady whispered, coming to the same conclusion. All the color had drained from his face. He stood staring at the empty restroom for a moment until something switched inside him, and he whirled on the guard that he’d posted outside the door. “Where’s Jorah?” he demanded.

“He’s gone to rest, sir. He was here overni—”

“I know that!” Brady interrupted with a snap. “Why do you think I asked?”

The guard opened his mouth to answer, but never got the chance as Brady stormed off toward the foyer with Agent Gemwood and me trailing. I didn’t have a clue what’d happened, but I wouldn’t miss out on any of this. As we all stormed into the foyer, Blair’s eyes shot up from the front desk, and instantly her expression twisted. “What’s wrong?”

“Everything’s gone. Leland, the dust, everything,” Brady explained without stopping as he strode into the open elevator. Thankfully, no one tried to stop me as I boarded along with Agent Gemwood. While I closed the grate, Brady smashed his fist into the button for the fourth floor where the security guards were all staying, and we rode upward in silence. “I don’t understand this. There were two guards outside those doors at all times,” Brady said, mostly to himself, before hurling his gaze at me. “There aren’t any other entrances into that restroom, are there?”

“No. There aren’t even any windows or anything.”

“That’s what I thought. So, the only way someone could’ve gotten into that room was through the door — but there were two guards on duty all night.”

“Then you might just have a weak link on your hands,” I said, and Brady scowled at me.

“I’ve personally vetted every single agent on Mr. Marth’s security team, and I’m meticulous. There are no weak links, I assure you,” he said, so intense that I had to look away. I wanted to believe him, but what other explanation could there be? “Besides, there were always two guards around as a failsafe, so both would have to be compromised — which is impossible.”

“Or is it?” Agent Gemwood chimed in, and when Brady turned his burning eyes on her, she shrugged.

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