Chris asked in shock. On his way to the bathroom, Huff did an about-face. Beck launched himself off the sofa and went to the wall of windows. He didn’t see anything out of the ordinary on the shop floor. Everyone was going about his business. “She came in through the employee entrance,” Sally was saying, “not the visitors’ entrance. The guard there is relatively new. He didn’t recognize her. He’s detained her, but she’s demanding to be let inside the shop.” “Did she say what for?” Huff asked. Sally hesitated, then said, “She says because she owns the place. But he was afraid to let her in without getting authorization first.” “Tell the guard to keep her there,” Chris said. “We’ll get back to him.” “She’s giving him hell, and those are his words.” “Tell him I’m going to give him hell if he doesn’t do his bloody job,”
