Mark took the vial and turned it slowly between two fingers.

“If this is an official Callahan Construction inquiry, I need a signed work order from your board of directors.”

“It isn’t an official board inquiry,” I said.

“And if you log it under company business, my son will see it on the main office computer ledger by noon.”

Mark stopped polishing his glasses.

He looked down at the dark liquid and then back up at my face.

“Running an unlogged chemical sample could cost me my independent inspection license,” he said.