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During the ti for Adaht about was Harris It was selfish and she knew it After what happened to Adam, but she couldn’t help it The way Harris had acted the entire tied her Like he was shutting her out then the salute felt like he’d been saying goodbye? But why?

She got a cab and rushed across town

It felt surreal when she arrived at her apart This life she’d lived here had been a lifeti Harris was nothing now Unimportant

She walked up to her door Pausing, she realized, she had no key on her She would have to find the super She stood in the hall and felt odd for acloser, she could see the door to her apart quietly, she crept up and peeked in Her eyes widened

It was trashed The couch was turned over, the cushions torn open Her eyes moved over the floors, papers were scattered everywhere So for information She wondered when this had happened or if the person was still here

Riley pushed the door open but stood in the hall in case there was soaze over the room Her fish tank was on the floor, her fish dead, and the water dried up So, it wasn’t recent Dammit, they’d killed her fish and she felt sure they would have killed her had she been hoive the fish to her old lady neighbor, Ms Tilly ould have loved theone

Gingerly stepping in, she looked around She listened to see if there were any sounds

Nothing

She shut the door behind her in case a neighbor happened by She wouldn’t be able to explain this away easily and she didn’t want any cops here

“God…” Stunned, she around at the destruction as her stomach churned It had to be Falkner’s men Before they followed her up Or before they followed Adam?

She tried to console herself So what? Her life was done here now Still, if she left this , like her super…they would call the cops and she would be reported

Sighing, she felt disappointed It’d been almost six days since she’d left Harris on thatback at all? She shook her head No, he said he knew Adam would need her for at least a week

First, she needed to rent a car She looked around for her laptop

Smashed on the floor by the patio

“Those fuckers!” Sighing, she grabbed the phone and dialed information After fifteen minutes with a rep, she had the rental She had an account at several rental places as she took trips for stories on a constant basis and they had her card info

With this done, she went to the kitchen and got the trash bags out Picking up everything that was shredded, torn or ruined, she cleaned and cleaned for two hours