Chapter 19: The Alibi That Required an Audience

The authorization came through at six-fourteen in the morning, which meant Carol had been awake before six and had done it without telling me she was going to, which I filed under the category of things that were not quite apologies but were adjacent to them in a way I understood.

I was already at my desk. The lamp was still on. I am not certain I had slept.

"FRIDAY."