Back in his room, Silas sat at the table and tried to work out how much the investigators had already established. He could not see their complete case, and his lawyers had warned him against assuming that a missing document meant the authorities had failed to find it. He knew there were gaps in the records, but he also knew that gaps could be filled through other people's testimony.
The thought that someone might decide to protect themselves by speaking about him was becoming harder to ignore.
A little later, the door opened and a man entered who was not part of the usual custody staff. Silas had not been told to expect a visitor, and the man did not introduce himself. He closed the door behind him and remained near it, looking at Silas as though he had come to deliver a message rather than begin a conversation.
Silas stood up. "Who are you? You are not supposed to be in here."
