PART SIX

I looked up from my computer screen when Danny walked through the office door.

"Ms. Winters, there's someone here to see you who doesn't have an appointment." It was obvious he spoke for the benefit of the person waiting to see me.

Danny then closed the door behind him, which was as surprising as the clipped, "Ms. Winters," when he normally called me Machala. I watched my assistant closely. "Do you have any intention of informing me who it is?"

He ...