CHAPTER 38- SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH IV

Searching for the truth lv

Adriana walked towards the manor record room with determined steps. She was going to do some research on the guards who were on duty at the treasure room the day Philippe was killed. She was sure she'd be able to find something if she spoke with one of the guards who were there that night.

As soon as she was inside the building, she wandered around trying to locate the vaults which held the records for night shifts. Luckily, they weren't hard to find. Opening the door to the record room, she stepped in. The books were piled up on shelves, high up. Nearly touching the ceiling. Adriana groaned. Worse of all, the shelves weren't labeled.

"Well, nothing good ever comes easy." She shrugged. Starting at the closet shelf to the door, Adriana grabbed a ladder and pulled out the first book on the topmost part of the shelf.

This book must've recently been touched, She thought. It didn't have dust on it like the others. She opened it.