Chapter 2
Excuse me? Are you Dr. O’Brien?”
Annie looked up from her client list. Two men stood at the open threshold of her office.
Her first client—coming on the heels of this. Regroup, Annie.
. Regroup, Annie.All she had to do was reach the bathroom and dab cold water on her face before they figured out anything was wrong with the one person who was supposed to make things right.
Taking a deep breath, Annie mustered a half smile and rose. “Hi, excuse me for a minute.” She hurried into the small bathroom in her office, closed the door, steamed a washcloth, then held it to her face, forcing herself to recover. She looked at herself in the full-length mirror, straightened her suit, pushed back a stray strand of hair, decided she looked as good as she was going to get and walked back in
