QUOTE : worried last time you spoke to her?” “You were there,” Falk said. “Last week.” “Oh, right. No other contact since then?” It had been a forgettable meeting. Five minutes in the parking lot of a large supermarket. We need the contracts, they had said. The ones linking to Leo Bailey. Please prioritize them. It had been framed as a request. The tone had made it clear it was an order. Alice had snapped that she was doing her best. “Did we push her too hard?” Falk asked. “Make her somehow slip up?” “We didn’t push her any harder than usual.” Falk wasn’t sure that was true.