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“Where’s the circuit breaker at?”
“It’s in the attic apartment.”
“You’re kidding me…”
“Nope. I didn’t build or design this place. I’m serious as could be. It’s in the attic mounted on a beam with a ton of wires running into it.”
“Can we say, ‘fire hazard’?” he said glibly. “You should probably have an electrician move it.”
“I’ll add it to my list of things to do.”
Kyle began looking around at the ceiling and hesitated.
“Where’s the attic pulldown?”
“You’re going to laugh…” she warned nervously.
“Probably not,” he countered, already chuckling as he glanced at her. “Seriously, where is it?”
“There’s no attic pulldown,” she began, and saw his mouth drop open in shock at her words. “Before you say anything – yes. It’s accessible. I’ve been in there once or twice over the years and…”
“How?”
“You go in through the second-floor window – through the fire escape.”
“Are you kidding me?”
“Nope,” she hesitated. “Someone in my family once lived there and the entrance was in the old pantry – which is now the entryway… I think.”
“Did they just board it up?” he gaped in shock. “What’s up there?”
“I don’t remember, because the last time I was up there – I think I was about six or seven… but I remember my grandmother telling me not to touch the box.”
“Ya’ think?” he said bluntly, staring at her in horror. “You went up there as a kid… with no exit?”
“The fire escape is the exit and entrance.”
“It’s an exit in case of fire…”
“It was the entrance too,” she countered, looking at him. “C’mon and I’ll show you.”
“This I’ve gotta see…” he muttered behind her, following her out into the street and walking around the side of the building. She fought the urge to run at the sight of the darkening alley despite it being late afternoon. The street backed up to another bigger building and when the sun was blocked – it was significant in the change.
“Aren’t there any lights back here?”
“I don’t hang around back here much…”
“At all,” he countered bluntly. “You shouldn’t be back here at all…”
Reyna started at the protective sound of his voice as he stepped in front of her and leapt up to grab the bottom rung on the fire escape. Pulling it downwards, he looked at her again… frowning.
“You’re sure about this?”
“Yes.”
He took a deep breath, and she ogled the fact that he could pull himself upwards easily on the ladder. His muscles bulged, and then he looked at her as he climbed.
“Are you coming?”
