A loud knocking woke Afton from a fitful sleep. Lifting her head off the pillow she glanced at her bedside clock and registered the time as a quarter after three. The knocking continued. Who the hell could be calling on her at this hour of the morning? Slipping out of bed, she grabbed her robe and then stumbled towards the living room.
Opening the sliding doors, she shouted towards the lobby door where the knocking emanated. "I'm coming! Hold on!"
Afton groped for the overhead light switch in the shop. When it came on, she blinked from the sudden brightness. Scrunching her eyes, she made her way to the door. When she spied Mac Barrett standing on the other side of the glass, her gaze widened in surprise. She quickly undid the locks. "Mac, what on earth...?"
He picked up the
