The Dinosaur
Chapter 03 - The Dinosaur
The boy offered it to Claire first.
She shook her head.
“Show him, Noah.”
The child looked at Adrian, then pressed a hidden seam beneath the dinosaur’s leg. The plastic belly opened.
Inside was a small black data drive.
Adrian stared at it.
Claire said, “Your company logo used to be printed on that drive.”
“Where did you get it?” Adrian asked.
Claire’s second son answered.
“At Grandpa’s garage.”
Claire looked down at him. “Eli.”
“What?” the boy said. “We did.”
Claire explained that her father had died two weeks earlier. While clearing his workshop, the twins found an old box of Claire’s belongings. The dinosaur had belonged to Adrian when he was a child and later sat on Claire’s office shelf.
Marcus had given it to her after the investigation.
He said Adrian wanted everything connected to her removed.
Claire believed it was only another cruelty.
Yesterday, the toy cracked open.
The drive fell out.
Adrian reached for it, but Claire closed the dinosaur.
“No.”
His hand stopped.
“You thought I stole from you,” she said. “You believed your brother before asking me one question. I will not hand this over until independent counsel is present.”
Adrian’s face burned.
She was right.
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The twins watched him closely.
For the first time, Adrian wondered what version of him Claire had been forced to teach them.
