CHAPTER TWENTY THREE
Mackenzie was mostly nude when someone knocked on the door at 11:45. She was in the midst of stripping down to her sleeping attire when the rapping at the door startled her. She looked at the door, curious and a little concerned. Other than Ellington, Penbrook, and the man who had checked her into the room earlier, no one knew she was there,
The knock came again. “Agent Mackenzie White?” came a man’s voice. “If you’re in there, please open the door. My name is Sheriff David Fredericks. I spoke with an Agent Ellington that told me you were staying here.”
Mackenzie pulled her pants back on and ventured over to the door. She looked through the peephole and did indeed see a man in a sheriff’s outfit. A female officer was with him, standing behind him. As she took them b
