“I left my car at home.”
“Perfect. I’ll drive.” When they got into his vehicle, he looked over at her. “We were all talking about how you burned Colby.”
“And I shouldn’t have.”
“Actually, as it turned out, you should have. It couldn’t have been easy, and I don’t know how he took it, but I know he would respect you for doing what you thought was right.”
“Maybe. I expected to get fired.”
“You didn’t get fired,” he said quietly, “or did you?” He looked at her sharply.
She shook her head. “No. He contacted Dr. Agress, and then, after Colby and I talked, he called him a second time.”
“Good, that means that he knows you’re in the right and that you’ll do the job, regardless of who it offends.”
“That’s one way to look at it,” she said, with half a smile.
When they got to the the Faculty of Arts offices, Dr. Agress wasn’t there, but his executive assistant was waiting for them. She looked at Kate and pointed to two boxes. “That’s all of them.”
“So how do I know that it’s all of them?” Kate calmly faced her.
“Well, of course it is.” The assistant looked surprised.
“You’ve lied to me before.”
At that, the woman’s face flushed and then turned white. She sat down in her chair. “You can check the files, depending on the scope of the warrant, but you can’t take anything else away, except for these, without Dr. Agress’s permission.”
“I also want digital copies of all the emails.”
At that, the woman’s jaw dropped. “But there are hundreds of them.”
“And I’m sure you have them all in a folder,” Kate said.
“Why, yes, of course we do.”
“Good, so zip them up and send them.” Kate put her card down in front of the woman. “Send them all to this email address.”
“Is that really necessary?”
“We have two dead students gone in three days alone. All three dead students happened in the last eight days. So, what do you think?”
At that, the woman pinched her lips together and started typing. “Yes, I understand.” She sent the dean a copy of the message. “I don’t even know if Dr. Agress has seen these.”
“Has he?”
She shook her head. “Not most of them, no.”
“Exactly, so maybe it’s time he took a closer look at what’s been happening under his nose.”
“He’s a good man,” she said defiantly.
“I’m glad to hear that because I’m counting on him to do the right thing at this point.” Kate stood here and waited until the woman was done.
“Okay, they’ve been sent,” she said.
“Good. We’ll take these boxes. They will be returned to you, if we don’t find anything we need. If I find anything incomplete, I’ll be back. Please make sure that you’re complying with what you’ve been asked to do.”
The woman nodded.