“You’re taking the word of a man Daniel hardly knew over your own family, Clara.”

“Daniel knew him well enough to meet him out at the lake shed on a Thursday,” I said.

Vance opened a small printed booklet and pushed it into the middle of the conference table.

“The transfer authorization for the lake lot carries two stamps from this branch,” Vance said.

“Both stamps went on during dates when the county sheriff’s records already listed Daniel as missing.”

Mr.