“He attached a pay stub from your office manager application file,” Mr.

Vance said, turning the page so I could see the clinic logo at the top.

“It was submitted twelve days ago.”

“I need official stamped copies of every page in that folder,” I said.

“It’ll take fifteen minutes to certify the signature record,” Mr.

Vance said, getting up to walk to the copy machine in the hallway.

Paige stood in the doorway as the glass door clicked shut behind him.

“He wasn’t just trying to get free babysitting,” she said.