Chapter 5

Sally blinked, hearing but not really understanding.

‘I don’t … I don’t know what you mean …’ she stuttered. ‘I mean, I do know what you mean, but I don’t what you need me for?’

The churning, nauseating anxiousness began tumbling inside her again, and she held the desk to steady herself.

‘Are you ok?’ Aleks asked gently.

Sally nodded.

‘I’ll be fine,’ she said, not really feeling fine at all.

Bales placed his hand on her shoulder. He did it so lightly that she barely even felt it.

‘We wanted you to c...