I had taken the receiver off the hook and turned down the volume on my cell beforehand because I can’t stand letting a phone go unanswered, which doesn’t make any sense. I know they’ll call back if it’s urgent, but I can’t seem to stop myself from dropping the soap and sprinting across the floor sopping wet. But how do you disconnect the doorbell?Then the knocking started. Whoever was there had no intention of going away. Rinsing quickly, I stepped onto the cotton throw rug and pulled an old threadbare terrycloth robe over my body, tying it at the waist. With a towel twisted around my hair, turban style, I ran down the hallway just fast enough to feel my feet slide beneath me as I rounded the corner. My legs flew up and my bottom flew down as I skidded across the wooden floor.I yelped as I slammed sideways into the wall. Gingerly, I checked my body for broken bones and blood and gore, but I was still in one piece, despite an aching shoulder and a sore hip. Using the back of a chair, I pulled myself up and slowly hobbled to the front, where someone was apparently determined to destroy a perfectly good door.“What is your problem?”
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