She left them in her office. Just took her ID card with her when she went down the laboratory. I would have done the same thing. I used to manage two testing and quality control labs. I had a cube and desk elsewhere. My purse, etc. stayed in the desk, the ID card on my person. I went back and forth between the labs and my desk constantly. I didn’t always carry my phone either - especially in areas where it didn’t work well, or when I wanted to be able to concentrate on something.
Seems normal enough behavior to me. THe bad guy was in the basement lab. The mystery starts there for me.
Thanks....thought they found them at home.