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She changed into workout clothing and stretched her arhter now that she was free of her belt and the Kevlar vest she alore on duty But she never ht The vest and the belt protected her on the job They were the only security system she needed
In the kitchen she grabbed a bottle of cold water froe and stepped to the four newroom
The firstfrom the camera over her door to the elevator and the fire escape stairwell beyond Every five seconds the view flipped to show the hallway to the second fire escape She could see anyone who exited the elevator or the stairs on her floor
She unscrewed the cap on her water Right now the hallas empty
The secondEven before the new system, every door was always supposed to reress point Manageuests could notify residents of their arrival, but the phone and cauests seldom worked, so someone had disabled the locks
Trey’s new electronic door couldn’t be ta a long drink, Kelly watched people enter and exit the doorway on her monitor It was 8:00 pm, so the vieas fairly active
She waited while the thirdlot, the two fire escape exits on the ground floor and the various stair landings on all six floors
No monsters anywhere At least not in real time
The systeht hours, and then recorded over the loop She switched on the fourthfor anyone that resehts and had co she’d continue this routine She was already bored That was the problem with these passive types of security systems
She yawned, herto the workout she’d do later When Kelly refocused on the screen, she bolted forward to freeze the recording on a figure trying to open the east fire exit door Hadn’t she seen the sa to access the west door at sonature, backed up the video and slowed the recording to norain
Yeah, uy was Adam Chandler, but maybe not Body type was the sa sleeves, so no way to h his tats
Well, whoever he was, he definitely wanted in her building but didn’t have a fob to open the door
She checked the instructions fronature for the west door and sure enough the saain access He even kicked the door in frustration, and that was likely why she’d remembered him
He’d made a mistake
She repeated the process for thewas better here Kelly’s heart pounded He definitely resembled Adanition program
The ti, if it was accurate—but then of course it was; Trey paid for it—showed he’d started with the fire escapes and then uest?
Last night thisIt didn’tto keep whoever he was out
She watched hiuests how to notify residents of their arrival He picked up the phone and punched in some numbers He turned his face away from the camera, so she couldn’t tell if he spoke to anyone Maybe no one answered Whatever occurred, he dropped the receiver and stomped off the visual field
She waited When he didn’t return, she sped up the recording According to the tinized fro his head, he placed the phone back in its cradle and used his fob to enter This had all happened yesterday evening at ht when the front door was fairly quiet And she’d been at her most vulnerable Sound asleep