1600 Myopia: I Mistook the SCP Monsters for the Spoiled Billionaires novel · Chapter 20 of 24

Chapter 20: The Verdict

The eight men fanned out across the carpet with their rods up.

They were big men in tight blazers, and none of them looked at Goldie's feet.

"Third from the left," Jasper said, in a high, steady voice.

"You took money to stay quiet about the east wing."

The third man stopped walking.

"Second from the right. You told your wife this was a night job at a museum."

The second man looked at his own shoes.

"I can't read all of you at once," Jasper said, shaking. "But I could, if you want me to. I can do it out loud."

Nobody moved.

"Seize them!" Roake snapped. "Seize the heirs, now, that's an order of the Director!"

"Mr. Roake," I said, "before they do, you should play the rest of that video."

"That video is concluded."

"It isn't. I was wearing your glasses for fourteen hours."

I turned to the deputy, who was standing by the laptop with his face the color of paper.

"Your clipboard was in the shot," I said. "So were you."

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