JANE
I wasn't sure if my knock was loud enough for the person in the sitting room to hear and answer the door, but I patiently waited. My hands were beginning to hurt, and I was freezing. I had no choice but to drop my boxes and wrap my arms across my chest.
It was over five minutes now, but whoever it was in the sitting room had not answered the door. Even their movement in the room had stopped. Could it be that whoever it was didn't hear me, or was it that they were shocked to hear a knock at the door by this time and were trying to verify if it wasn't a dangerous person like a thief?
I had no answer to my question.
Perhaps, I should call Rachel.
I reached for my phone where I had inserted it but found nothing. "What?" A gasp escaped my lips.
I was sure I had inserted it there. At
