Emmett’s disbelief
Emmett stared at the trade messages, his eyes wide with shock. “This keeps getting deeper,” he murmured, shaking his head.
His disbelief matched my own. Time felt like it was slipping away, and as we flipped through more files, a sense of urgency gripped us.
We had just seen the surveillance footage and knew we were getting closer to unveiling the truth, but each step was charged with tension.