“Maybe they didn’t see me. I remember I was doing some paperwork up in the office. They’re back in the bays, thinking about other things. Cars these days are complicated. You got to really be thinking about what you’re doing.”

It seemed reasonable. The office was separate from the rest of the garage. But both Cory and Pete had seemed sure. But could either man be trusted? “You recall any customers who came in on Wednesday morning who could verify that you were there?”

Troy shook his head. “Sorry. Nobody that I can think of.”

“You’ve got a scheduling system of some type, right?” A.L. said. “Something that allows you to keep track of what vehicles are coming in for what type of service?”

“Yeah.”

“On a computer?”

“Yeah.”

“I’d like to see that for Wednesday. In fact, for all this week.”

“I can’t access it from home,” Troy said quickly. “And I shouldn’t leave right now.”

He could be a hard-ass and demand that they go right now. Or, he could get a warrant and they could confiscate the computer. He decided to take a more measured approach. After all, he could not forget that Troy Whitman had lost a daughter and there was still no real reason to suspect that he was anything but a grieving father here. However, if he found out that there was an unexplained absence of more than ninety minutes, all bets were off. “Then, tomorrow,” A.L. said. “Early tomorrow morning.”

“I’ll print you off a copy,” Troy said.

A.L. shook his head. “I’ll meet you there at 8:00 with a technician. We’ll have him or her get it off the computer.” A.L. paused. “Don’t go inside until we get there. Don’t access your computer before we get there. Trust me on this, my person will know if you did and be able to find anything that’s been modified, added or deleted.” He was willing to cut the man a little slack but he wanted to make sure there was no question that Troy understood that this wasn’t a suggestion but rather a demand.

Troy stared at him. “Anything else?” His voice was just short of hostile.

“Yeah. You should know that we executed a search warrant for your storage shed at Alcamay Corners. The landlord opened the door for us.”

Troy said nothing.

“It would have been helpful if you’d mentioned that you had a storage shed.”

“There was no reason to,” Troy said.

“In the spirit of good faith and all,” A.L. said. “Does Leah know about it?”