Code
Underneath the paint, on the canvas itself, is something written in her beloved one’s handwriting. But it’s not a love letter, no confession or other text… Numbers are scrabbled onto the canvas. Cindy looks at the art historian in surprise who is now also hunched over to see what is written there.
“Are those… coordinates?” the expert asks. Cindy takes another good look. Indeed, they look like coordinates! But why would her husband cover up coordinates underneath a painting? As far as she knows, he was never that interested in maps, navigation, or pathfinding…
Cindy takes the painting home and decides to inspect this mystery from top to bottom.