Chapter 45

Then he began searching, using the screen of his cell phone for light. The desk yielded nothing of interest other than a small key ring well hidden in the back of a top drawer. From the look of the keys, Derek thought they opened the various file cabinets. He was right. As he went through them, he used his phone to take pictures of any information he thought would be useful. At one point, he froze when he heard footsteps in the hallway, then quickly ducked into the desk well. They paused for a moment outside the door then moved on. He crossed his fingers, hoping whoever it was hadn’t seen something to alert them someone was in the office.

Once he felt it was safe, he went back to what he was doing. He almost shouted in relief when he found a file with information on the locations of the houses in the other cities. He snapped three pictures to be certain he got a clear one of the lists then closed his phone, dropping it into his pocket.