12 doses of LSD

3.Elle

The lipstick on the barrel has been wiped clean and neatly tucked in my belt. I make my way to the hall where sixteen men sit around a table, each with a black file and a latte in their hands. Usually Lara would keep a seat vacant for me beside her but this time, since its all seniors, I'm the only female who can attend. Meaning, there's no Lara and there's no vacant seat. Maybe they got the wrong headcount but alright.

"Elle, made it right on time"Lynn grins at me while I stand leaning against the wall with my arms crossed. His bright grey eyes scan the room for a spare chair but I wave my hand and indicate I'll do fine standing throughout the meeting. He hands me a similar file as the rest of the members.

Some faces are new. I take em all in one at a time and notice how their uniforms are different from our agents. The badges are platinum encrusted and they wear expensive watches, every one of them. They have comms. And walkies. I left mine back in my room. Within that one long glance I suddenly feel like a shabby secretary who's just there to give them donuts and coffee.

I nervously fix my shades and clear my throat before proceeding through the file.

"The first picture you'll see in that file is 6 hundred tonnes of cocaine, that has been sent directly from an anonymous group or individual to the CEO of our agency" Lynn begins explaining " It was found on his doorstep at the early hours of last Saturday".

"Is it just me or is the cocaine just bouquets of white roses sir?" Gerald laughs cockily as he nudges the guy standing next to him, who awkwardly shifts his weight to another arm.

"They are, Gerald" Lynn raises his eyebrows, two giant creases form across his forehead as he focuses his attention to a screen beside him " The cocaine was rolled up in plastic and made to dozens of roses. They were tied into bouquets -" he turns on a slide " And there was not a single trace of anyone keeping them at his door when looking at the surveillance footage..".

The screen displays the comparision of CCTV footage a minute apart from 3:00 to 3:01 that morning. " Someone must have accessed the surveillance to somehow make it look like it automatically appeared within a minute..." I tell him. I stare overwhelmed by the amount of white cocaine roses they have made, and posted outside the CEO's house. It astounds me, even the idea of them being able to bypass the security.

"We're still trying to figure that out Elle" He replies , "One possibility is this might not be the original footage, someone must have erased it".

"Won't be too difficult to trace a fake footage right?" A familiar voice speaks up in the middle of our conversation. I feel my feet grow weak for a while. My shoulders tense as I reluctantly turn my gaze at the person who just walked in.