Chapter 20 Shocking News In The Newspaper

• Another knock sounded at the door and heaving a breath in relief at the welcome interruption. Alice went to open it.
• It was a messenger, this time with the newspaper she’d ordered.
• “Thank you, Carlos.” She reached for wallet lying on the table by the door and fished out a twenty dollar note. Pressing it into his palm, she took the paper without scanning it’s contents, very conscious of Nathan’s presence behind her.