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

The folders smelled like cedar and somebody’s basement.

The third tab read Cole, Vivian J.

E-3.

Clerk typist.

I knew every name on the Gate Six roster and every name on the MP duty sheet.

There was no Vivian Cole at Fort Ansel.

Under the name, a clerk had typed one line and stopped.

Transfer authorized pending administrative review.