knock, knock!
Angelo heard a knock at the door, and he immediately stood up from the floor. He had been so caught up in the painful memory of his mother's death that he had completely passed out.
"Who is it?" he called out.
"It's me, Madam Dorothy," she responded.
"What do you want?" he asked her, slightly annoyed that no one was allowing him to grieve in peace.
"Tito told me that I should tell you that you have to be in the office for a meeting!" Looking at his watch, Angelo saw that he was due for a meeting in less than an hour.
**
"Are you ready for your meeting, sir?" Tito asked Angelo, as he walked down the steps leading to the already open door of his bulletproof car.
"As ready as I'll ever be, but I want you to inform them that I might be a bit late and that they should start without me," Angelo instructed Tito, who nodded his head in agreement.