The name was unfamiliar to Clara: Victor Hale.

“He never came through the staff entrance,” she said.

“I would have seen him.”

“Perhaps the front gate,” Naomi answered.

“Or perhaps the log is wrong.

We’ll verify it.”

More surprising was a maintenance invoice emailed to Clara by a former coworker, Rosa, who had heard what happened and wanted to help.

The basement pipe repair had been canceled that day because the replacement part was missing.