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“Let’s take a look.”

She led him to her car, pulled the camera from the windshield, and played the footage back. It was clear enough.

“Could you email a copy to the sheriff’s office?” He handed her a card. “That address right there.”

“I’ll send it as soon as I get home.” She smiled, tucked the card into her coat, and drove off.

Mack walked back to where Logan was standing with the two drivers, getting nowhere fast.

“Any luck?” Mack asked.

“Neither one will budge.”

“Won’t matter. A witness with dashcam footage is sending it over.” Mack looked at both drivers. “It’ll show what happened.”

There was silence, and then the younger of the two, a teenage boy, dropped his shoulders.

“Ah, man. My dad is going to kill me. I slid through the stop sign.”

“You’ve got insurance,” Logan said. “It’ll cover the damage.”

“That won’t make my dad happy.”

“Mistakes happen.” Mack nodded toward the cars. “Get some photos on your phone. That’ll help your case.”

The kid pulled out his phone and started walking the scene.

Logan lowered his voice. “Still going to look at whether he was going too fast for conditions.”

“We’ll see what the footage shows. If it looks like he tried to stop and lost traction, he might get lucky.” Mack watched the kid carefully photographing both bumpers. “Write him up and tell him you’ll be in touch once the footage comes in.”

Logan nodded and headed toward the boy.

Mack dealt with the other driver, got his statement, and twenty minutes later they were both back in their cruisers heading for the office.

He needed hot coffee and he needed it yesterday.

Back at the office, Mack settled into his chair, set his coffee on the desk, and picked up his phone.

Mallory answered on the second ring.

“Hi. Are you at work?”

“Just got back in. Worked an accident for a couple of hours.” He leaned back. “What’s your day look like?”

“Movies. Guess which one we watched first.”

He could hear the smile in her voice. “Finding Nemo.”

“Bingo.”

“How many times at this point?”

“I stopped counting. It doesn’t matter how many times he’s seen it, it’s always first.”

“No dinosaur movies?”

“Oh, he loves The Land Before Time. But Nemo always goes first. That’s just the rule.”