Blinking against the light, she felt a flare of anger rising up like bile. It might have been severely misplaced -- this man had just saved her life -- but who else was there to rail against?

"I was chucking out the trash!" Holly blinked back tears now, and that made her even angrier. She crossed her arms tightly, shivering.

"Do you know how many times I've done this in London? Nothing bad ever happened to me there." The brunette tried to breathe.