Chapter 5 - Sneaking Closer To The Windowless Brick Building Perimeter
I backed away slowly from the dusty window, keeping my profile low against the weathered brick facade of the adjacent warehouse.
Circling around to the rear of the building, I found a rusted metal fire escape leading up to a second-floor maintenance door.
Checking the alley for witnesses, I grabbed the cold iron railing and climbed upward as quietly as humanly possible.
The maintenance door was unlocked, hanging slightly ajar on warped hinges that creaked softly in the coastal breeze.
I pushed the door open just enough to slip inside into a pitch-black corridor smelling of stagnant water and old dust.
Navigating by the faint glow of emergency exit signs, I crept toward an interior loft railing overlooking the main floor below.
From this elevated vantage point, I could hear their voices echoing off the concrete floor with crystal-clear acoustic precision.
Evelyn was pacing back and forth near the folding table, her expensive silk scarf fluttering with her erratic movements.
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“The acquisition in Chicago is worth forty million dollars, Julian, and David is inches away from signing the final papers,” Evelyn hissed.
“If he cancels the trip permanently because of the girl, our entire funding timeline gets pushed back another six months.”
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