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They had to stop by the apartment-complex office to pick up the keys to Lana’s new door, but Caleb was pleased by the sturdy steel barrier and deadbolt At least this door would take soh Her ere another story, but he’d take what he could get

Caleb pocketed the spare key, which Lana didn’t even notice It was just one n how thinly she’d been stretched today He waited for her to start the shower before he caled Monroe

"We had an incident today," he told the colonel

"I heard See into your records"

"What did you let him see?"

"The public stuff The honors and coave an arunt "I’m sure Be careful with that one He’s s shot Did sheback to the hospital to see her soon"

"Find out what happened The police weren’t able to get much out of her"

"I’l try She took a blow to the head, so I don’t knois for sure That shooting was no coincidence"

Monroe grunted in agree else you should know"

"What?"

"Her office was bugged"

"What?" growled Caleb, feeling his hten

"It wasn’t cheap tech, either Professional stuff"

"Ah, hel"

"How do you want to proceed?" asked Monroe

"I have soround checks A list of license-plate numbers from cars that drove by her office too round of her own that "

"Send the info via e- the comfort of Caleb’s shirt, but it didn’t make sense for her to keep it now that she had her own clothes to wear After she showered and dressed, she folded it back up, tossed her bloody jeans in the trash--no as she ever wearing theed in her fridge and thrown together soht want to eat"

"Thanks" She grabbed a plate and went to the living rooh roootten so used to eating in front of the TV that she hardly thought about it anymore

Caleb folowed her and sat on the other end of the couch She placed his shirt between them "Thanks for the loan"

"One of those blasted cops should have done the sa a little too s crossed at the ankle Tight denihs, and it was al Lana could do not to stare

She hadn’t so much as had a spark of attraction for anyone since Ar left of her to spare on a relationship But as she stared at hi dead come back to life--sos like thick, powerful legs She should have been too worried about Stacie to even think such thoughts, a realization that doused her little spurt of longing with a dose of guilt

Lana finished eating "I need to get back to the hospital Can you takeoff the parking lot by now"

"Are you sure you don’t want a nap or so? The doc said it would be a few hours"

Lana looked up at hio home and sleep? Because to me, it felt like you were there the whole time"

Caleb looked away and took a drink of water It was a delay tactic, and she knew it

"I didn’t realize you knew I’d been there," he said

"I heard you Saw you" She’d felt his hand stroke hers so she knew she wasn’t alone even when she’d been too weak to open her eyes

"You saw me?"

She nodded "Once After you’d shaved" Miles Gentry had a bushy beard that obscured much of his face, but Caleb’s jaas sht stubble just beneath his skin Just like it was right now

"You reh you were ful of pain s had done a better job of obscuring her memory Her life would have been a lot easier if she didn’t have thoseabout her to ood memory for faces, and yours stuck, because at that moment, I hated you," she adruff "Thatin his tone, and she kneas thinking about the seven people that died beside her in that cave She knew because she spent a lot of ti why she was stil alive and they weren’t What uilt" hat the doctors caled it, but na it didn’t o away

"Why didn’t you just let me die?" she asked in a whisper