I plugged the stick into the USB port and started the transfer.

A green progress bar crept slowly across the screen.

“What are you going to do with them?” I asked.

“Take them down to the police station in the morning,” Clay said.

“Hand them to Officer Vance.”

He turned and walked out of the study into the dark hall.

I got up from the desk and followed him into the hallway.

He didn’t make it as far as the living room or the front door.