The words hung in the air like a dark cloud, casting a shadow over the gleeful atmosphere that surrounded them. Anna stared at Oliver, her eyes searching his face as if looking for some sign that this was all a joke, a bad dream she would soon wake up from. But the earnestness in Oliver’s eyes told her that this was anything but.
“I need to show you something,” Oliver added, thinking of the evidence stored on his laptop. “It’s not something I wanted to find, but now that I have, I can’t ignore it. You deserve to know.”