Chapter 55

Matt had left Mindy’s house around 2 a.m. Cindy had spent the night at a friend’s house, which gave Matt and Mindy time alone. Needless to say, he was pretty tired when he left. Yet, he had a good night’s sleep. So, good that he had overslept. He didn’t get to the station until 9:30.

He parked his black truck at the side entrance to his office. He unlocked the door and walked in. He fired up his computer to check his email, and then he heard boisterous laughter.

“What the hell?” Matt murmured. He walked to his office door and opened it.

The talking and laughing was louder.

Matt wanted to know what was going on. He quietly snuck down the hall and stopped a few inches from the corner of the wall - a foot away from the reception desk.

“Carter, you still looking at that video?” Goldman asked.

“I’m showing it to Patty and Dalton,” Carter said.

“I’m sticking around to look at it again,” Lawrence stated. “I’m not ashamed to admit it.”

“Oh my goodness,” Patty said in a high-pitched tone. “It