Leon raised an eyebrow. "I'm just taking evidence, so we don't end up in a 'he-said-she-said' situation later."

"Do you have to record evidence this long?" Brody asked coldly.

Leon burst out laughing, turned off the recorder at once. "Brody, you'll see about that." And turned away.

Brody watched him walk away, then coldly tossed the experiment data into the trash. From the bottom drawer, he pulled out a file—the experiment data report Leon had given him last Friday.

Eventually, the incident of the missing experiment data ended with Leon losing a week's pay.

The Cinema and the Breakup

That evening. After work, I phoned Oliver to ask him out...