[I've seen the file you sent me, but what is this?] Austin asked curiously, the sound of rustling paper and swiveling chairs could be heard from the other side.
They had been staying back in the annex, so Sarah had to communicate with Austin by phone. Hajin had been working hard checking every nook and cranny for any recording devices--once more, all over, because of Sarah's story--while disguising it as cleaning day. He even took three separate devices he got from Aegis for detection.
Not even their northern neighbor state could spy inside the annex.
Sarah didn't think her family members were that thorough and willing to spy on her, but there was no harm in being cautious. Besides, Mason seemed like the type of man who could do that kind of thing, so...
This thorough 'cleaning' of the annex was also why they had been spending more days over there.
"Laundering place," Sarah replied, looking over some documents herself on the dining table.
[Whose?]
