PART 10: The room was quiet in that particular way rooms get quiet when they’re not sure yet whether to be respectful or skeptical and are hedging…

PART 9: He walked her through the frame geometry measurements and what they indicated. She asked questions that were precise and not gentle, and he answered all…

PART 8: I want you to know that there are people at this conference who have heard about your claim through industry channels and who have formed…

PART 7: Ethan couldn’t have said with any certainty that he was the right person, but he was the one who was here. He stood up, brushed…

PART 6: You think they had someone steal it? I don’t know what I think. He looked at his hands. What I know is that someone didn’t…

PART 5: Ethan didn’t say anything for a moment. Frank, he said slowly. Say that name again. Gerald Callaway. He was a line supervisor. Good man. Quiet….

PART 4: Ethan answered every question carefully and completely. And at the end of it, Marcus Webb said, “Miss Sinclair would be willing to schedule a visit…

PART 3: Most of the paperwork was buried. Some of it might have been destroyed. I worked adjacent to a project like that. didn’t work on it…

PART 2: He worked his way around the car with his measuring tape and his notebook, calling out numbers to himself quietly as he went. Wheelbase, 116…