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The busy inner suburban street ith wet colour, the untidy web of overhead cables dripped st the steady stream of vehicles on their way home, pedestrians huddled under umbrellas, and the aroma of Asian takeaway steamed the air She’d kill for a fried rice about now

At least it was relatively dry here on the top step—an awning shielded her from the worst of the weather She pulled out the tuna sandwiches she’d bought earlier, feeding the cat tiny portions through a peephole she’d created in the side of the box So to have to find souy to pee

‘It’ll be okay, Charlie,’ she said, popping a bite into her ownainst the world and we’re not going doithout a fight’

Finally Cam came to an abrupt stop on the pavee black uazed up at the time- and weather-worn semi-circle of red bricks that created the arch above her, drawing his attention to the creamy curve of her neck His own neck prickled beneath his cashulfed hier down that smooth column to the soft spot at the base of her throat—

‘This the place?’

The reht Cam’s attention He nodded at the two ’s keys as he climbed the steps ‘Apartment six’

At his approach, Didi’s gaze darted to his Wariness changed to recognition, then her brow puckered and her pretty lips twisted into so a sneer ‘Well, if it isn’t thecru on?’

He stopped a few steps away ‘My senti to contact you for the past teeks’

‘Why?’ Her eyes narrowed ‘I had a personal eency to take care of’

‘And now you have another I’ve been forced to call in the reive me an alternative address you leave e’

She blinked ‘Storage? I’ve got another week’

‘No, Miss O’Flanagan, you do not Which you’d know if you’d bothered to answer your phone’

Her chin caive you the number for’

‘There’s always a way’

She stiffened ‘Yes, I’m sure there is for someone like you As it happens I don’t have aze fled as it shifted to the two men beside him, then to the truck parked at the kerb ‘I needto rent an apartment?’