Chapter 14 - THE MISSING LAWYER
Back in the penthouse suite, Chloe checked her watch for the third time in ten minutes, growing increasingly uneasy.
"Marcus has been gone for over half an hour," Chloe noted, closing her laptop with a sharp click. "It shouldn't take this long to pull a folder."
"Let's check the security feeds for the sub-basement archive level," Arthur suggested, grabbing his silver-handled cane.
They walked over to the security monitor terminal, inputting their master biometric clearance codes to access the basement cameras.
The screen flickered to life, cycling through the static-filled feeds of rows four, five, and six.
In aisle four, Marcus's body lay motionless on the concrete floor next to an open filing cabinet.
"Good God, someone attacked him!" Arthur gasped, his face turning pale with sudden panic.
"Lock down the entire building right now!" Chloe ordered, sprinting toward the private elevator bank without a moment's hesitation.
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The elevator plummeted downward at maximum speed, its digital floor counter flashing rapidly as it descended into the depths of the skyscraper.
When the doors slid open, Chloe burst out into the dim hallway with her fists clenched and her heart pounding.
