A deal with the devil ceo
I ask, looking at the door from where I'm standing.
For a brief moment, everything is silent as the television goes blank.
Calm down, Isabella, it's just your mind playing tricks on you, I tell myself.
"And then I said..." The TV show begins loudly, and my heart skips a beat before I clumsily knock something on the counter—a tiny table clock.
As I try to catch my breath, I clutch my chest in fear. Calm down, Isa, I tell myself. Then I hear someone tinkering with the back door lock behind the counter.
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