Avery did not respond to Mrs. Cooper.

She should not have come here.

She should have listened to Mike.

Shea had her own phone. If Avery wanted to thank her, all she had to do was give her a call and ask to meet her.

Once Avery arrived on the ground floor, she walked over to the couch and picked up her bag.

At that moment, a black Rolls-Royce came to a halt in the front yard.

Elliot was home.

Avery was mortified.

If she had come down a minute earlier, she would not have run into him.

She