Detective Chen’s call comes at nine a.m. the next morning.“Ms. Sterling, I need you and Ms. Monroe to come back to the station. We have some updates on the case.”The way she says it, flat and professional, tells me everything I need to know.Sophie and I arrive an hour later. The detective doesn’t waste time with pleasantries.“We reviewed the security footage from your building,” she says, pulling up a laptop. “The cameras show Mr. Moore arriving at eight-fifteen p.m. He appears normal, coherent. You can see him greeting the security guard, signing in, heading to the elevators.”“Okay?” I don’t understand where this is going.“The problem is what we don’t see.” She fast-forwards through the footage. “The third floor, where your offices are located, the cameras malfunctioned that night. We have nothing from eight-thirty until ten p.m. when you arrived, Ms. Sterling.”“That’s convenient,” Sophie says quietly.“Very. Too convenient.” Detective Chen closes the laptop. “We also ran the
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