Invited In

Vance

The door opened slower than I expected, like she was deciding whether to let it open all the way or just enough to see who was standing there at that hour.

When she saw it was me, her eyes went wide in a way that almost made me laugh. She had a towel tied loosely around her chest, hair pulled back with whatever was closest. That was so quick.

"Sir," she said, voice cracking somewhere in the