51 Corruption (1/2)

'What else are you hiding from me?' On the contrary, the fact that Buren who seemed to be a very controlled man was going to such extremes made Lazar more wary and reticent.

Lazar turned to Amandla, ”One moment, please.” He said to her as he brought the file closer to him and took it in his hands, which no longer allowed her to read its content with him.

Lazar's earlier words seemed meaningless to Andrew and Buren when they watched him almost tear the file out of Amandla's hands, 'And he's the one who's talking about respect.' Buren thought while rolling his eyes.

Amandla didn't take offense, she knew that when Lazar monopolized the file his intent wasn't to act like an asshole with her and when she saw how he was browsing through the file now that he had it in his hands, that confirmed it.

She couldn't see what he was reading, but it was enough to see the movements of his hands and eyes to understand it, '... Looks like you are searching something.'

When they had the file between them, Lazar was reading each line slowly and meticulously to remember every detail, now his gaze seemed to focus on nothing in particular and he wouldn't linger more than 15 seconds on a page before moving on to the next one.

It was as if he was convinced that there was something else hidden from him and that if he searched a little bit more he would inevitably understand what.

'Strange, I came to what seemed to be the conclusion and yet...' When Lazar looked at the number of pages he still had to go through, he realized that he still had about 20 to browse before reaching the end of the file. Instinctively, he understood that these pages were what he was looking for.

When Lazar moved to the page after that of the conclusion, Amandla saw a new change in him. For the first time he was staring at something specifically, 'You must have found what you was looking for.' She thought with a bit of enthusiasm.

However, although Lazar's face had lost some of its tension, he didn't really look more serene than that either, which led Amandla to believe that Lazar was considering that his discovery wasn't good news but that it was still a good thing that he came across it.

Lazar carefully examined the next 2 pages, then quickly flipped through the other ones to the end of the file. He then went back to a page and threw the file on the table so that everyone could see that particular page, especially Andrew.

Lazar didn't want a particular reaction from Andrew, he just wanted one, but when he saw that his mood was getting grave, he couldn't help but feel satisfied.

In fact, Lazar didn't need any explanation, he understood very well the purpose of the informations given on the page he was showing. If he was asking Buren to explain, it was just to force him to recognize that purpose.