C32 Digging into Shadows

The office smelled faintly of smoke and wet earth from the garden outside. Riku sat in his chair, perfectly still, while one of his lieutenants laid a phone log on the table between them. The paper trembled faintly in the man’s hands.

Keiji stood nearby, arms crossed, silent but watchful.

Riku’s eyes scanned the sheet once, then twice. The digits of Arun’s phone number