CHAPTER 24: Emily

“Hello Anne” I say as soon as I pick up my call.

“Come over to the house now” she barks into the phone.

She quite often does this, so I’m not particularly worried. But this woman is full of surprises, so I never know what to expect. I’d only just left the gym, so I rush home to shower and change. I knew she’d be pissed off at me for taking longer than expected, but she would’ve been even angrier if I turned up in my gym clothes looking like a hot mess.

“I shouldn’t be long” I tell Robert after he pulls up outside her home.

“Good luck” he replies, making me laugh.

Hopefully I won’t need it.

“You took your sweet time” Anne snaps when I enter the house. “I called you over an hour ago”

“I was at the gym. I had to go home to shower and change”

She walks towards her office, and I follow. “Sit” she demands.

Once she’s seated, she picks up a white envelope, handing it to me.

“What’s this?” I ask.

“Your job for tonight”

What? “But it’s my day off”

Her e