The First Rung

The new broom sweeps clean...
Dot Sayers sat at her desk, huffed on the plastic card that was her new class A Private Security licence, and buffed it with her sleeve. She was now a fully licensed private investigator!
Problem is, she knows there's something wrong with a background check. Can't explain it.
Needs to convince her boss to trust her intuition.
Must find the truth behind the fiction.