She quickly grabbed the printout. At least we had one item that might give us something. What, though, we still weren't sure. Nothing resembled the page I'd lifted, but locating that document now appeared increasingly like a long shot anyhow. Guess everything seems easy till you actually try doing it.
Where else to look?
I glanced around the room, wondering about the file cabinet. Probably locked, and besides . . .
That's when I saw it. On a side table next to some technical books was an item we'd both failed entirely to notice. A large leather attache case.
"Tam, I think we've hit pay dirt. Check that out. Do you suppose she could have forgotten it last night when they shut the place down?"
"Maybe she didn't need it. Anything's possible. I remember seeing her carrying it around yesterday afternoon."
"Well, could be this is our find." I lifted it . . . and realized it was empty.
"Shit." I slammed it down, and just then detected a faint rattle inside. Hold on a minute.
I carefully shook it again and listened. "Tam, there's something in here."
"I vote we take a peek."