he had left for his league bowling at seven the previous evening , just like always , and should have been home by midnight , twelve-thirty at the latest , but the beds were all empty and his truck was n't in the dooryard or the garage..sheila brigham , the day dispatcher , had relayed the initial call to sheriff pangborn , and he had used the pay phone at sonny jackett 's sunoco station , where he had been gassing up , to call mrs gamache back .