He’d left a message with Merlyn but she’d not responded, and he spent the car ride deflecting Claudia’s questions, her demands for an explanation. “No, you’re in reporter mode,” he said finally. “I’ll turn that off. Stay in Claudia mode.” &nbs...
A sense of unease settled in long before that, almost as soon as he’d sat down and ordered coffee, a feeling that quickly grew into frustration and then annoyance. He checked his watch every two minutes, resisting the urge to do it more often, his eyes locked on the front of Pendrith’s building, ...