(sorry for delay. will be much faster going forward!)
Veronica's smile stayed put. She was sizing the guy up, and deducing that either he'd broken into places before, was telling her the absolute truth and WAS writing a book (unlikely), or was here for a reason similar to hers. For now, though, she kept her poker face on.
"Well," she said, "it IS a small world, after all."
There was a loud thud right after she finished speaking, and Veronica's smile disappeared. It sounded like it was coming from the other side of the room.
"I think the introduction part is going to have to wait a few minutes," she said.
There was another thud.
She turned her flashlight toward where the sounds seemed to be coming from. "We have company."