My hand froze on the ignition key.

“What did you tell him?” I asked.

“I told him we don’t give out employee schedules over the phone,” Julie said.

“But he was very persistent, Mara.

He said it was a family emergency.”

“It isn’t,” I said.

“He asked if you were still working the outpatient clinic on Tenth Street,” Julie said.

“He knew the department name.”