Done
*Hiccup
Lol.
House guy’s not still bothering you, is he?
Nope. Guess he found someone drunker?! Or more ambitious. lol
Okay. Well if he comes back, hide. Text me when you get home x
Fri Jan 1, 11:48am
What time you finish last night? How are you feeling?
Fri Jan 1, 3:48pm
That bad huh?
Sat Jan 2, 9:12am
Listen, sorry I bailed on New Year’s. Forgive me? Brunch?
Sat Jan 2, 5:26pm
Sorry Marla. Just seen these.
Not feeling great.
Hahaha! Still?! How much did you drink girl?
Sat Jan 2, 9:57pm
Em, is everything okay?
Sun Jan 3, 8:04am
Can you meet me at the coffee shop?
The piercing ring of the security monitor phone rips my attention from the screen, causing my heart to pound high in my chest as the sound tears through the apartment again, high and insistent.
It’s nearly elevenp.m.I stumble up and head out to the hallway monitor, mildly annoyed at the interruption, but when I see the screen is blank my blood runs cold. Somebody has disabled the security camera and I can’t see who’s standing outside my door.
My mind races as the tone angrily blares again. Lucy must have let someone up without checking—why would she do that, they said they never did that? I edge toward the door’s tiny peephole, possibilities flooding through my head, half expecting to see Cortez, or Joanne, or even Emily on the other side of the door. I pray it’s any one of those people over the possibility that this visitor may be someone else entirely.
I take a breath and lean in to look.
22
When No One Is Looking
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13
My eye focuses through thepeephole and I pull up sharply. The hallway is completely empty.
There’s no one there.
The security phone screeches loudly beside me again and I realize what I’ve done. It’s just a call from reception; no one is outside the door. But why isn’t the hall camera working? It usually lights up even for an intercom call.
