Chapter 10

“Please, please, I’m sorry…” She screamed and pleaded, with tears streaming down her face.

“Sorry about what?” 

She mumbled something in a tear-laden voice while I looked around. I thought of Miss Aniefiok as unintelligent for not alerting the police before now.

“Anyway, I hope everything here was insured?” She used her left hand to wipe off the tears on her face as an elderly man with a briefcase walked toward the door. I resumed the ‘arrangement’ of some papers that were before me.

“What was the red button for?” I bent down to disconnect the wire, with my eyes still trained on her.

“It’s connected to the State Police Headquarters,” she mumbled. My eyes went to the pair of black high-heeled shoes she was wearing as I chuckled. 

I peered at the computer screen, and the wallpaper showed the logo of Theo’s maritime company, moving randoml