Chapter 44: Midnight Gunshot

Creak! About ten minutes later, the bathroom door creaked open.  Annalise stepped out, wrapped in a towel, barefoot, running her fingers through her wet, fragrant hair.  She'd just taken a quick cold shower.  She was tall and graceful, her skin as fair as snow, glowing softly under the lights. Even though Pierce had seen women undressed before, seeing Annalise like this, plus the alcohol, made his throat go dry.  He was a guy, after all. "Give me a sec, I'll dry my hair and then we can...