Chapter 36 Story 20-Chapter 4

• A half hour later, I was in my underwear, staring at the ceiling, ignoring the talking heads on CNN, and trying to ignore the feeling that I'd badly blown the dinner just past.
• Deciding to apologize once again, I grabbed my cell off the nightstand and started looking up the number, but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
• I rolled from the bed to standing, and loped to my door, wincing as I caught my toe on the second double bed in the room. A quick glance through the peephole had me scrabbling at the locks to get the door open.