Chapter Fourteen
I went from dead asleep to wide awake in a matter of seconds.
“What happened?” I put the phone on speaker, swung my legs off the bed, and was already changing out of my PJs.
Luna’s voice shook. “Burton came by. He said she’d been murdered. She was found on the stairs at her apartment building. She was hit on the back of the head.”
I put shoes on and glanced again at my clock. “She was on her way to work?”
“That’s right. She had a 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. shift. Can you come by? We could use a steadying influence here—Mom’s in a state and I’m not much better. I’m sorry to ask you to do this.”
“Of course I’ll be there,” I said. I’d automatically started changing into work clothes, even though it would be hours before we had to be at work, just in case.
A few minutes later, af
