THE COLLECTION

The story continues

Until Further Entry

With both halves of the receipt on the table, Mara asks Tomas and Len to account for the words between them.

A supervised inspection gives Ines something she can price. An old survey gives Tomas something harder to account for.

Receipt 6418 gets Mara an appointment. The Registrar has figures to show her, and a form with room for one name.

Orrin has kept more than dispatch records. Getting him to account for them may cost Mara the work she needs.

A retired ticket inspector remembers where people were going. Mara needs him to remember what they signed when they got there.

Mara hires a mechanic for a job she cannot describe properly. Ines brings a measuring tape and an objection to unpaid mysteries.

Before Mara will step inside, she asks a question only her brother should be able to answer. Getting him home will require a different kind of proof.

Mara Vale can usually settle a delivery dispute. The letter waiting at dispatch requires an address the city no longer admits is there.