Opening the door to his room, Ruger found Krissi sitting on the bed, her back against the wall, her legs crossed in front of her and her computer open in her lap. A textbook lay open on a pillow beside her. She looked up as he came in.
“I didn’t expect you for a while yet. Did you get everything taken care of at Drifters?”
“No.” he sat in the chair to one side of the bed and watched her. She frowned and looked at him.
“Then why are you back so early?”
“I had a visitor today and I couldn’t concentrate after they left.” Ruger paused, looking for any reaction from her. “It was your father.”
Krissi’s eyes went wide, her mouth fell open, and a line of red crept up her face.
“Wh—” She had to stop and try again. “What did he want?”
“To know where you are and why you haven’t been at home, w
