Chapter 39

SOPHIE WESLEY

I froze. Here it is. The time to protect Nora.

Our eyes met for a moment. Her face was pale with fear.

Silence thickened in the atmosphere, lingering on longer than normal, and just as I was about to step in to say something, Lucas spoke first.

“The spare keys to the building never left their spots, sir. We had eyes on them,"

I stiffened, my jaw dropping to the ground.

What's going on? Did Nora manage to avoid the CCTV camera?

Dad sighed with frustration, but I was even more frustrated. Being this anxious was frustrating for me.

“What about the evidence? I mean what...