ARIA Thomas called me the next morning. I almost didn’t answer but then I remembered I shouldn’t ignore him, after everything with the flowers, God knows what he could have found. “Hello?” “Aria.” His voice was calm. “I think I found something.” I sat up immediately like I had been jolted. “Something about the flowers?” “Yes.” My heart skipped. “What?” “I traced part of the delivery.” There was a long pause, I sighed. “But there’s something strange about it.” I frowned. “What kind of strange?” “I’d rather show you.” I looked around the room, I was confused. “Show me?” “Come to my office.” I hesitated. “Can’t you just tell me?” “I could.” Another pause. “But it wouldn’t make much sense without the documents.” I sighed. “Okay. I’ll come.” ⸻ THOMAS I ended the call and smiled. She was coming, exactly as I’d expected. The documents spread across my desk had been prepared that morning. None of them contained anything useful,
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