William caught himself dozing off again before returning his tired eyes to the passage that he had been reading for the past ten minutes. He had never truly realized the true meaning of a needle in a haystack until now. The lack of results infuriated him even more. To top it all off, Annabel was coping with the situation annoyingly well, being both patient and efficient. She had covered double the material he got through, getting closer to what he needed without even realizing it.
He threw the book aside, leaning over the table in search of the flying piece of paper he had left there earlier. The list of items he composed wasn’t long or took him anywhere, unlike hers. Even though he had to pretend that none of her suggestions were useful, he had already passed some on to Iris to do furth
