I kept staring at the flowers long after Jace had called Derek to come and check them.
They were beautiful, which somehow made the situation feel even stranger, because after everything that had happened at Lawson Customs, I had learned not to assume that something innocent was actually innocent.
Jace crouched beside the bouquet without touching it, and Derek carefully examined the flowers before checking the ground around them.
"Nothing suspicious." Derek finally said as Jace looked at him.
"Are you sure?" Jace asked.
"There are no wires, no obvious devices, and no sign anyone tampered with them." Derek said as I folded my arms.
"That still does not tell us who left them." I said.
Derek pointed toward the small white envelope tucked between the stems.
"The note might." Derek said
