“We should put the chair back in its place first,” I advise.
“Someone is coming,” Esmeralda interrupts as we start to push the chair back into place.
“Damn,” Anastasia mutters as she quickly takes a seat in it just as the handle on the door rattles.
“Who is it?” Freya asks, which has the person on the other side stop trying to open the door. We wait, but there is no reply.
“The person is going away,” Esmeralda whispers, which has us all looking at each other in surprise. Why would one of our guys not reply and just leave?
“Tha…” Anastasia starts to say, but Esmeralda lifts her hand for silence. Looking at her, we wait to see what she says. We wait in silence as she listens to what is happening outside. A few minutes later she shrugs.
“The person went outside but they haven’t spoken to anyone, I don’t know who it was.”
“Strange, don’t you think?” my question has the others nod, something doesn’t feel righ