Chapter 13: The Office Upstairs

Devraj Desai's old office occupied the northeast corner of the Hall's second floor, above the kitchen, reachable by a narrow staircase that had gone unused so long the third step had developed a permanent, apologetic creak. Meera stood at the bottom of it Saturday morning with Kabir a step behind her, keys to a room she hadn't opened in six years cold in her palm. "You don't have to do this today...