“Does your mother know you’re going to court to stop the sale?”

“She’s expecting the mortgage refinance package to close Friday afternoon,” I said.

Captain Miller stopped with the phone receiver at his ear.

“Who told her the transfer would clear the court by Friday?” he asked.

At 10:15 a.m.

I went down to the quartermaster depot in the basement and found Captain Thomas behind the main issue counter.

Captain Thomas set a heavy green ledger on the wooden counter next to his computer terminal.

“Captain Miller called my desk at nine asking for these verified transport logs,” Thomas said.