"Resuming school, university I mean. And I need your help with something else too," she replied.
As she had angered Archie the previous night, Avery was totally expecting direct refusal to her request for help. So when the man walked into the room and shut the door without giving her an answer, she was not surprised. It was when the door opened again almost immediately that she was really shocked.
"What?" she asked, blinking rapidly to hide the surprise in her eyes. "Do you want to lay a condition in return for your help again?"
Narrowing his eyes at her, Archie replied, "You and I already laid more than enough conditions for the whole arrangement. That should be the limit."
"Then why..." Avery trailed off, her words ceasing in her throat when a phone intruded in her line of sight. "What is this?"
