"You didn't even tell her I needed to see her, did you? Don't lie," I snapped as soon as Roger opened his mouth again.

"She wants you to come see her instead," he retorted with an eye roll. "She has a lot to do today and doesn't have the time to pay a visit. Those were her exact words."

Okay, then, might as well get it over with. There was hardly any time as it was - the minutes and hours were melting away, like time had a habit of doing whenever there was something horrible ...