Chapter 39

"I'm sorry, Devon, but a woman is calling in on the main switchboard downstairs insisting to speak with you on what she says is a personal matter. She won't give her name and refuses to leave a number. Lyssa has hung up on her twice, but she keeps calling back."

Devon glanced up from his computer screen and saw the agitated face of his personal assistant, Sierra Lawton. He knew that her agitation was with her being forced to interrupt him by circumstances beyond her control. Sierra took pride in being a tenacious gatekeeper for Devon's work schedule and would not take kindly to someone trying to get past her.

He smiled and said, "That's okay, Sierra, it's almost time for me to break for lunch anyway. Tell Lyssa to put the woman through to me and I'll find out what this is all about."

"Are you sure?" Sierra asked dubiously. While Devon had seemed distracted several times over the past few days, it wasn't like him to put even the most minor work detail aside to deal with an unknown such