“Really?” I stop in my tracks. “Who is it? I wasn’t expecting anyone.”
“She says you used to work for her.” He shrugs. “I tried to get her name but she wouldn’t tell me. Should I make her leave?”
I pause, knowing Sinclair wouldn’t like the idea of an unidentified woman entering his home. I don’t like the idea myself – especially after Roger’s warning. “What does she look like?”
“Tall, dark hair, tan skin – maybe 40?” He lowers his voice to a whisper. “She’s human.”
My stomach sinks, it does sound like a former employer and if she’s human then it’s probably true. In fact, she sounds like the heartless woman who fired me so callously after I tried to beg Sinclair for Cora’s job. “No, let her in. I’ll speak to her.”
Be nice, I instruct myself sternly. Maybe she came to apologize, don’t b
