“Lucas decided to swing by on his way back to the BCA offices to sniff around and get a feel for the Brooks operation. He left the car on the street and climbed the internal stairs to the third floor; the office was glass and gray carpet, with potted palms sitting around on redbrick room dividers. The place smelled like feminine underarm deodorant and carpet cleaner. A dozen employees were sitting in a low-walled cube farm, each with his or her own computer, but nobody was working. Instead, they...’d pulled their chairs into groups of three and four, and were talking about the killings. A BCA agent named Jones was keeping an eye on them. He spotted Lucas at the door, and as the employees turned to watch, came over and said, “We’re talking to them one at a time. Not seeing much yet.” Lucas said, “Shaffer says they do Spanish-language software.” “Yeah. We already talked to the office manager. She said some of the sales are down in the Southwest, but most of them are south of the border—Mexico and Central America.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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