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Nick sla Nicole to ju to the door What she saw frightened her, i even before Nick opened his mouth

Nick stood in front of the door, pacing, every few seconds looking out of the peephole His eyes ild, his pupils dilated Nick ran his fingers through his hair, a look of panic and confusion etched on his face

“Nick, baby, what is it?” Nicole asked her voice rising with fear She reached out to touch his hand, trying to calm him down Nick jerked his hand back quickly, as if her touch caused him physical pain

“Nick, please, tell , reassuring voice, hoping this would calh so that he would talk to her Nicole are he worked for the governh-level position, and that Nick’s work could at ti else, and very often wondered if she would ever know more

Nicole had noticed some odd behavior from Nick recently First it started with a lack of sleep, dark circles under Nick’s eyes, his face pale and drawn Then, the night, drenched in a cold sweat Once, Nicole awoke in the ht to find Nick on the floor, curled up in a corner of the roo these disturbing occurrences with Nick, pleading with hiested Nick see a doctor Nick beca he didn’t knohat she was talking about

“He’s after me,” Nick said, his voice barely a whisper

“Who’s after you?” Nicole asked gently

“Him”

“Tell me about him, Nick Please”

Nick looked at Nicole, his brown eyes filled with fear and panic, his ht, feeling as though he alking along the edge of insanity

Suddenly, Nick had a gut-wrenching thought – what if he was here? What if Vincent Rossi hadan

y second now to leap out of the shadows?

Nick searched the flat, his eyes darting back and forth, as he frantically went fro tosomewhere in their home Nick checked the locks on each hile hastily pulling the drapes closed

Nicole stood in therooet Nick the help he so desperately needed

Nick grabbed the phone out her hand and threw it on the floor “You can’t do that!” Nick shrieked, convinced Rossi had bugged their phone “He’s listening!” he said angrily, thinking how stupid Nicole was to do such a thing Didn’t she realize how dangerous Rossi is?