“He’s been away from his desk quite a bit since summer,” Denise said.

She hesitated, looking toward the dark hallway that led to the executive offices.

“He took four personal days in July that were never recorded on the company calendar.”

“Four days in July?” I asked.

“He marked them as remote site surveys,” Denise whispered, leaning forward over her blotter.

“But no mileage reimbursement reports ever came across my desk.”

Denise folded her hands over the blotter, her gaze drifting toward the brass nameplate on the corner of Greg’s empty workstation across the floor.

“He stopped having coffee with the estimators in the breakroom back in August,” Denise added quietly.