How convenient. Alex Goddard let me tell a couple of people I was physically okay, and then he blocked the line.
I exhaled settled into the padded chair next to the computers, and tried to think. David, David why wouldn't you listen? He was so excited he'd completely ignored my distress signal. Nobody was going to come and help me get out of here.
I gazed around the room, wondering what to do next. Was there another phone, a radio, a box of flares, for godsake?
That was when I spotted the outlines of another door— why hadn't I noticed it sooner?—this one steel, there on the left. Alex Goddard might walk in any second now, but I had to try to learn everything I could as fast as I could. What was going on besides what was going on?
Alert for any new sounds from outside, I quickly went over and tried the knob.
It was locked tight.
Figured. Now I really wanted to know what was in there.
When I glanced around the office, I noticed a ring of keys on the desk. Could he have forgotten them?
More important, would I blow everything if he caught me snooping? In spite of his attempt at a cool veneer, he might go ballistic.
I made a snap decision. Take the chance and give them a try.