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3 DAYS REMAINING
Alice pummeled on the showroom door for a third time before anyone reacted. It was Karl who appeared on the other side of the glass. He gave her a curious look as he opened the door to Maguire's Autos.
"Miss Parks, we're closed 'til nine," he said, checking his watch. "It's only quarter to—“
"I know," Alice said. "I thought I'd drop by before you got busy."
Alice barged her way through the door and past Karl, offering him no chance to shut her out. She handed over a scrap of paper with a plate number, make and model scribbled in black ink. "Do you have any record of re-spraying this truck?"
Karl rubbed his forehead with grubby fingers. "Um, not sure. I'm not allowed to give out those kinda details."
"It's for Mr. Kilbride," Alice said, her phone already out of he
