The stunned teller—barely out of high school—took one look at him and scurried to the back of the building where the executive offices were. Obviously, word had gotten around and they knew he was the law in Twin Oaks. Just goes to show you what being an authority figure could accomplish.He gazed around the bank, thinking little had changed since Kat had worked here. The tellers’ stations were up front behind old-fashioned grills installed back in Bonnie and Clyde’s heyday. A desk for the loan officer separated the tellers from the executive area where Cloris Howard, the president, and Elmer Bitner, the vice president, had offices hidden from view. The vault was there as well, its sturdy brass wheel partially visible from the tellers’ area.Why had it been left open that day?Kat would have had to walk right by the tellers and the loan officer to enter the vault. Surely someone would have noticed. But according to the articles in the Trib, no one had seen Kat going into the vault.The only damning evidence had been the discovery of the money in her possession.
