My heart skipped.

Oh no.

He stood at the door… the maintenance guy, his gaze shifted from me to the man standing too close.

I couldn’t breathe.

For a long, tense second, none of us moved. Then the other guy finally turned, his voice breaking the silence.

“What the hell, man?” he snapped. “Don’t you know how to knock?”

The maintenance guy didn’t say a word. He just stood there…

“Why would you talk to him like that?” I snapped, stepping forward before I even thought ...