A White Mercedes Pulled Up to Gate Six on a Tuesday Afternoon Without a Permit

“That’s not mine,” Salas said.

It was a copy of the official Gate Six bypass roster.

One name had a single black line drawn through it, and beside the line, in the margin, somebody had written four words and a date.

Omit per GCM.

12 Aug.

The name under the line was Vivian Harmon.

Her white Mercedes did not appear anywhere else on the sheet, not in the officer section, not at the bottom.

Salas read over my shoulder and said nothing, which was the most useful thing he could have done.