Chapter 60: Hostage, Part 1

Devon handed Joe a coffee. The events of the day seemed to dictate the need for a second break. First - the picture of Molloy at the burned out house hadn't been downloaded or forwarded. The really interesting thing was the girl hadn't taken the picture; it had been uploaded to the phone and was actually a very good fake. Devon found a phone number embedded in the picture. The assumption they would find it was a backhanded compliment.

They filed the number and had barely begun discussing those implications when Devon's search bots picked up a security call - D.C. Mulholland had apparently gone missing for almost an hour. He returned none the worse for wear, but refused to say where he had gone. The younger security people thought he had made an arrangement with a couple of girls he had met on a walkabout shortly before. The older ones weren't so sure, but they weren't talking.