“Thanks for this,” Archie said, touching the flash drive on the counter.

Leo drew back the last swallow of his beer and sat the empty bottle down next to the flash drive. “Before you turn it over,” he said, “you might want to take a look at the boathouse camera footage.” He wiped his mouth and turned away before Archie could read his face.

Archie picked up the flash drive and looked at it. What the hell?

Leo was opening the door, already on his way out of the apartment.

“Wait,” Archie said, coming after him.

Leo jumped back, but it wasn’t because of Archie. The door opened and Susan stepped through. She was clearly as surprised as Leo was. She had probably been just about to knock when Leo opened the door. Her wet black and white hair was plastered to her head and she was wearing black jeans and an orange T-shirt with the words WORST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER emblazoned across the chest. Her Converse sneakers were neon-yellow today. No socks. The shirt was wrinkled. She had dressed in a hurry.

“Hi,” Leo said.

Susan frowned, hugging to her chest the laptop she was carrying. Her eyes scanned the apartment, until they landed on Archie. “I just needed to see Archie,” she said.

Leo glanced over his shoulder at Archie. “Me, too,” he said. Then he looked at Susan, waiting.

It was Archie’s apartment, but for some reason he felt like he was intruding. Ginger came out from under the coffee table to investigate. Even she seemed to sense the tension. She looked up at Archie fretfully.

“What?” Susan asked Leo.

“I’m on my way out,” Leo said. “You’re standing in the doorway.”

Susan’s eyebrows raised in understanding and her face reddened. She stepped inside the apartment, out of the doorway, to let Leo pass. “Sorry,” she said.

Leo moved past Susan. Susan glanced over at Archie. The hall light was bright behind her, and her face was in shadow, but Archie could see the hesitation in her body language. She put her arm out and touched Leo, stopping him. “Will you call me later?” she asked him.

Archie watched as Leo pulled away. “I’ll try,” he said.

Leo closed the door behind him, leaving Archie and Susan alone in the dark apartment. Archie walked over to the standing lamp in the living room and turned it on. He wanted to give Susan a moment to recover from the interaction with Leo before he asked her what the hell she was doing at his apartment.

But she didn’t need it.

When he turned back she was right behind him with her laptop cradled in her arms. Her eyes burned with intensity. “I need to show you something,” she said.

Ginger was standing at her feet, waiting to get petted. But Susan didn’t bend over.

“Is it the Internet?” Archie asked. “Because I’ve seen that.”