“That couldn’t have surprised you.” He said it flatly.

“That name came off the bypass roster by my order, and I would sign the same order tomorrow.”

He picked up his coffee and drank and did not offer me a chair.

“Now.

The duty roster for the twelfth of August.”

“Sir.”

“That roster didn’t leave this building by accident.

Let it be.” He folded his napkin once, along the crease.