7. Inside: A Suspicious Notebook
On the cracked leather seat lay a small, weathered notebook. The cover was plain, but worn fingerprints marred its edges, a sign that it had been handled many times. Tentatively, Mr. Langston opened it. Inside were sketches—beautifully detailed designs of cars, unlike anything seen in mainstream models. There were no names, only numbers, and formulas. It appeared to be an engineer’s notebook, holding blueprints and ideas that seemed far ahead of its time.

7. Inside A Suspicious Notebook