“Mrs.

Mercer called on October sixth and asked us to put the yearly calibration on hold.

She said the machine was in her car and she’d drop it off after the school run.”

“She never dropped it off.”

“It’s still sitting on the hold shelf.”

So the machine had been in the trunk of her car, under a folded blanket, while I loaded up the bag and the kids and drove to the hospital.

“The bag was packed,” I said.