Transcript of encrypted message exchange between Veena Lion and Janie Hall
JANIE HALL: OMG.
VEENA LION: You know I hate that, Janie. Skip the drama and just tell me what you found.
HALL: Sorry, V. Mistook you for a human being for a moment there. Human beings, as you may recall, enjoy a dramatic buildup to earth-shattering developments in an ongoing case.
LION: Hate sarcasm even more than dramatic buildups.
HALL: You’re no fun. Anyway, guess who lives in a penthouse apartment she can’t possibly afford on the salary she earns as a high-profile yet humble nanny?
LION: Maya Rain.
HALL: Like I said, you’re no fun. Anyway, I’m kind of shocked here. Based on your notes, she seemed so nice. So normal. And now she’s a murder suspect!
LION: Nice and normal on the surface. But it’s a carefully constructed surface, although it would probably fool the casual investigator. I need to break through all of that.
HALL: What do you need? Deep backgrounding? Dark-web stuff?
LION: The layout of that fancy penthouse.