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Hank: Damnit! You have to move.
Sally: I almost got him with a taser as he was crawling over the fence.
Hank: Jesus
Sally: Security guard in place now. I’m okay.
Hank: Call me as soon as you can.
Sally: I’ve had my fill of lectures for the night thank you very much. I’ll be dealing with this chaos until late. I’ll call you tomorrow.
Hank: Fine
Sally: Gotta go. Need to get my lawyer on the line. xx
In the morning, I had to flat out refuse to stay in the house and miss my first day of classes so that the security company could “secure the perimeter.” Another guy came over to drive so that Tyrese could loom grumpily in the passenger seat, while I sat in the back with a floppy hat covering the sides of my face in case anyone managed to spot a female form through the blacked out back windows.
I crossed my arms and closed my eyes during the drive, letting my head rest back against the seat. Nightmares had had me jerking awake all night and it had been hard to close my eyes in the first place. I tried to unclench my teeth—Miller had ruined my life again. Also, I hated how much money all that security was going to cost. It was a fortune by any measure.
Another agent met us on campus, a youngish, slightly potbellied guy with a long ash-brown beard and scruffy hair to match. “Hey. I’m Irving,” he said with a crooked smile.
Tyrese had to go and organize himself to stay in my house four nights a week, and about a hundred other details. I walked through the lush green campus toward my first class, Intro to Psychology, a Taser tucked in my purse.
I’d done my best to organize an early schedule for my classes, with a long lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. We left campus so that I could visit Ms. Margie.
While Irving drove, I called her first and offered to bring lunch. Then I put in an order for pickup from a restaurant. Irving would go in and get it. He happily had me put in anorder for him too, seemingly thrilled to get a free lunch. I appreciated his cheerfulness.
We bustled up the stairs and I introduced Irving to Margie, who blinked with her mouth open. “Doing security for you?” she said.
“I’ll wait out here.” Irving nodded at me.
“He’s my friendly bodyguard,” I said. “I’ll catch you up if you have the patience to hear it.”
She smiled. “I do.”
We ate delicious Thai food and I spilled out some of my story. “Anyway, this creep knows where I live now.”
Her hands fluttered in front of her face. “Are you okay, dear?”
“Shaken up. A bit numb—dealing with the aftermath forced me to talk through what happened about a hundred times. I never thought he’d find me so quickly.”
“How do you think he did it?”
“Social media. Through the football crowd, who are online with thousands of followers—they get a lot of attention. Maybe the security guys will figure it out.”
“Charley is going to have his work cut out for him,” she said.
“He is. I can’t wait to get him on Wednesday.”
“And did your good man meet you in Vegas?”
I smiled at her. “He did. Surprised me actually. He’s lucky I didn’t let a cute German guy I’d met talk me into something before I knew he was coming.”
Ms. Margie shook her head and tapped the back of my hand with her chopstick. “Are you ready to settle down now?”
I tilted my head and pretended to consider it. “No.” She laughed. “Well, maybe. But my life is on lockdown.” I sighed.
She clucked her tongue. “Count your blessings, young lady.”
