Chapter Nine Hunter “The bond proposal for the new county building was approved decades ago. The millage passed easily enough; because the folks in charge were old hands at ballot box stuffing. There were two sets of blue prints. One set was kept at the records department in case any curious citizens or future remodeling contractors should ask to see them. The other plans, the ones that were actually built, were shredded by the architect when construction was completed. He was well paid to do that, to ask no questions and tell no tales. Only the select few knew that the private elevator descended one floor below the basement. They were the only ones who had the approved eyeballs that would open the doors. Everyone else assumed that the elevator took VIPs to the Mayor’s office when they