A three AM phone call about a locked room changed everything

notebook with a sharp snap that echoed in the quiet office.

“I spent three months wondering what I did wrong to make him disappear like that.”

“I thought I was losing my mind because the dates on his expense reports didn’t match the days he said he was working.”

“None of us did anything wrong,” I said, taking the notebook back.

“He was just keeping a ledger continue reading …