CHAPTER 9
Wayde was jarred awake by a loud knocking on his bedroom door.
Matey was shouting, “Wayde, are you up? Wayde, come on, get up! It’s time to go riding. We’re having breakfast down on the terrace by the pool. We’ll wait for you. Do you hear me, Wayde?”
In a loud voice, he answered, “Yes, yes, okay—I’ll be down shortly.”
Getting up from the floor, he looked around the room. It was a mess. Someone had searched it. He stretched his stiff body, finished undressing and went into the bathroom. He was about to step into the shower when he heard his bedroom door open. He wrapped a blue bath towel around his waist and stepped out of the bathroom as a maid entered his room.
She was startled to see him. “Oh, I’m sorry, sir. I knocked; I thought you were asleep. I came to wake you.”
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