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He stares at me, a blank look on his face His jaw ticks “Fine I’ll cancel my trip”

“You will do no such thing!”

“Then co around in circles, e ofup at Chase, I see ahis face Most prominent is concern He’s still worried about thewas taken care of, that I was safe Why does he look so nervous?

“Is there so me?”

The look on his face says it all He’s hiding so “Look, I didn’t want to freak you out” His voice is low and cal to a wounded animal

“Tell me, Chase”

He runs both hands through his hair “Wellalthough facial recognition didn’t work, there were other ways to identify as in your apartment”

“Go on,” I coax We are standing in front of each other, so close, I can feel the tension coh that I can’t touch him

“It definitely wasn’t a woman”

“I kind of figured that What else?”

“He was tall, between six-foot and six-foot-three”

“Okay”

“A witness said they saw an unfamiliar white male, tall, sandy blonde hair with a maintenance uniform on”

“That could be a lot of people Chase, get to the point”

“They said he had a tattoo” Chase watchesh it”