He looked at the encrypted PDF. It asked for a password. He tried his sisters' birthdays, their mother’s maiden name, the name of the family dog. Incorrect. Incorrect. Incorrect.
"Allison is at the coordinates. Fiona is at the station," the voice said. "And you? You're the one who’s going to tell me where the third coin is. Because I know you didn't throw it in the lake. I watched you hide it in the floorboards of that office you're sitting in." Download File Allison Fiona.zip
The file blinked open. It was a scanned police report from forty-eight hours ago. It described a vehicle abandoned on a mountain road—Julian’s car. But Julian was sitting in his office. He looked out his window. His driveway was empty. The Realization The phone on his desk rang. The caller ID was restricted. He looked at the encrypted PDF
Julian opened the audio file first. Static hissed through his speakers, followed by the sound of wind over water. Then, a voice—thin, breathless, and unmistakably Fiona’s—whispered: "He’s looking for the third one, Jules. He thinks we still have it." Incorrect
The recording cut off with the sharp metallic clack of a safety being disengaged. The Location