Arthur pen drawing of hidden animals decided who kept the lake cabin

monitor. She had a plastic name tag that said Brenda, and she kept clicking a blue plastic pen over and over.

“The digital records in our system only go back three years, ma’am,” Brenda said. “To pull the older paper ledgers from the basement archives requires a manual search fee.”

“And how much is that fee?” I asked.

I spoke slowly, letting my words continue reading …