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And then, I was alone

Again

But this tilass s in the front ofwith all s visible froh the house wasme shiver Tears welled up in ain, the terror that had paralyzed me in the bathroom But noouldn’t let it I refused to let those tears fall, because that wasn’taround Tate tooI was on my own I wouldn’t cry Not now, and maybe not ever When this was over and the asshole stalker was caught, I’d worry about tears then If I remembered

For now, I had shit to do Like call the contractor and ask him to price a shitload of hen he arrived in a few hours I wanted to call the security coht now, but that would probably only succeed in the their sweet ass time, so I scanned the empty house and went to my bedroom

To unpack and then re-packdistance of my house and so many of them were luxurious and incredible so I decided that for the next week—at least—I would exile myself in luxury

“I’ve been calling you for twelve fucking hours!”

I stared at the phone for a rinned “Jana, it’s nice to hear from you too”

“No! Dammit, Teddy, no! I went by your house yesterday and do you knohat I found? Do you?”

“Uhm, my s all busted out?”

“Your s totally busted out,” she replied as though I hadn’t said a word

“It’s fine,” I sighed “The police are handling it, that’s all they can do In a few days I’ll have a security syste over the details of howdeal”

“No big deal? Teddy, you need to tell me about this stuff I’m your friend, hell you’re like a sister to er like this Please I’nant, not disabled”

I sighed and nodded even though she couldn’t see ot it, Jana But you can’t et of yours safe isn’t thethe life she’d alanted, the life she deserved, and I wouldn’t let my drama interfere with that

“And who else but you, Teddy, is going to think aboutshit from me!”

I tried not to laugh because she was so clearly distraught, but there was soh “Where are you staying?”