(Noah)
The office went too quiet after Reese read the note.
Not empty quiet. Not calm quiet. The kind of quiet that came when everyone in the room understood something had crossed a line, even if they didn’t know the full shape of it yet. Reese stood near the dress with the photo in her hand, and for one second I hated every wall in this building because none of them had kept this away from her.
I took the photo from her before she could stare at it too long.
She let me.
That told me more than any argument would have.
“Kane,” I said.
He stepped closer. “Prez.”
“Hallway stays clear. Nobody comes onto this floor unless Reese or Simone confirms them first. Get Roan on the front entrance and tell Dex I want eyes on the garage.”
“On it.”
Kane moved without another word.
Simone stood
