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“Jack?”

This ti behind him

He blinked, then blinked again just tohere? And as she…

He looked closer She was tre, and her hair was loose, wild strands matted to her temples with sweat

He launched into action, closing the distance between the his arm around her shoulders “What happened? Are you okay?”

She shook her head “No Not okay”

Jack hugged her closer, his chest tightening as he noticed the trails of dried tears on her cheeks “Come with me,” he whispered “We can talk in my office”

As he led her across the room, heads peeked out of the cubicles and whispers of speculation rustled louder than the paper in the copying machine, but he didn’t care Eva was his only concern

He barely had a chance to close the door before she said, “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to disturb you at work”

“You’re alelcoently down her arht now I’m more concerned about you than any interruption What happened?”

“It was crazy, Jack” She planted her backside on the edge of his desk “I didn’t knohat else to do I rode the subway around and around because I was afraid if I went back to work, he would be waiting for me”

Jack’s eyes narrowed “He? He who?”

“I don’t know Souy He followed ed herself tighter “I think he wanted to hurt ”

Jack’s jaw tightened He went to her and wrapped his ar so fast he could feel the frantic patter in his own chest “It’s okay Shh You’re safe noon’t let anyone hurt you”

She looked up at hi with tears “Do you think it’s the same man who broke into my place? And if so, what do you think he wants?”