TRIXIE CONFIRMED THAT Marjorie Evans was indeed scheduled to return to the office the following day. She fired off an email to Drew letting him know, then got to work on her regular Tuesday tasks, among them reviewing and approving the day’s batch of vendor payments to be sent out. She went through four batches, one for each region, then moved to the theft-related task Drew had described, making sure to include the recommendations she’d previously lined out.
Before she knew it, lunchtime had come and gone. She grabbed her purse and rushed to her car. Hang in there, Joshua, I’m on my way. Her little beagle wasn’t quite two years old yet and tended toward accidents when he was cooped up all day.
She could hear him baying as she worked to open the front door.
“Okay Joshie, sorry I’m late b
