Hayes slowly looked toward Mitchell.
Mitchell shook his head.
"Captain, I didn't know anything about that."
Daniel interrupted.
"Nobody said you did."
He turned toward the captain.
"Who has access to that terminal?"
Hayes didn't answer.
Daniel watched his face.
"Captain?"
Hayes finally spoke.
"Three people."
"Names."
Hayes looked down.
"Me. The watch commander. And Deputy Chief Lawrence."
Daniel went completely still.
"Deputy Chief Lawrence?"
Hayes nodded.
"Yes."
Daniel looked toward the patrol vehicle.
"Interesting."
"What?"
Daniel's earpiece crackled again.
"Cross, we have another development."
Daniel touched it.
"Talk to me."
"We recovered footage from the headquarters parking garage."
"Show me."
"The vehicle assigned to Captain Hayes entered the garage at 8:42 p.m."
Daniel glanced at his watch.
"And?"
"The driver wasn't Captain Hayes."
Hayes immediately stepped forward.
"Who was it?"
The voice hesitated.
Then:
"Deputy Chief Lawrence."
Hayes looked stunned.
"That's impossible."
Daniel's eyes remained fixed on him.
"Captain, I think you just answered your own question."
Before Hayes could respond, headlights suddenly appeared at the far end of the street.
A black SUV approached slowly.
It stopped behind the two patrol cars.
The driver's door opened.
A tall man in a dark overcoat stepped out.
Deputy Chief Lawrence.
He looked at Daniel.
Then at Hayes.
Finally, his gaze settled on Mitchell.
"What exactly is going on here?"
Nobody answered immediately.