“Are you doing the full scan?” I asked.

“I’ll run the rush tox screen myself,” he said, turning back to the heavy metal door.

“Just make sure your truck is parked under the light.”

The vault door at First National Bank of Dallas opened with a low mechanical click.

Dale Owens led me into the private viewing room carrying the long metal deposit box that held Callahan Construction’s original founding papers.

“Garrett called my desk at nine,” Dale said, setting the box down on the polished oak table.