The Monday Fall
Lucan Veyra is found dead below an upper service stair at Orison Picture House on Monday morning. His fall during a weekly building check is first treated as an accident.
Monday morning is cool and dry over Central Exchange. You sit in your office upstairs from the Exchange Travel Desk, across from the Central Transit Terminal. A delayed bus has filled the pavement with people reading route notices. You are sorting fare receipts from the past week and pressing each one flat beneath a heavy city guide.
A firm knock interrupts the work. A city official waits outside with a plain folder held against one sleeve. Lucan Veyra, the owner of Orison Picture House, has been found dead below an upper service stair. His death is being treated as an accidental fall during his weekly building check.