Chapter 31

“Did you just see me walk in?” she snapped.

“Good morning to you, too,” Micah muttered under his breath. Holding up the gift, he explained, “This was on my desk—”

“So open it.” Shelley dropped the heavy satchel she called a purse on the floor beside her chair, where it landed with a thud. “Who’s it from?”

“I don’t know,” Micah admitted. “I hoped maybe you saw who left it.”

Unwrapping the scarf around her neck, Shelley gave him a withering stare. “I just got here,” she reminded him. “Maybe it’s your secret Santa.”