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So, she couldn’t go to the police What could she do? She’d installed an alarainst her knees

It was all too much

A noise made her raise her head, and she suddenly realized she hadn’t reset the alarm Idiot As soon as she’d entered the apart her shoes off and raced fro But had she remembered to lock the door? Hastily, she stood and raced into the living area There was a knock on the door Her heart beat too loudly, drowning out all other noise as she grabbed a vase and waited No as this bastard going to get aith terrorizing her

If she’d been thinking clearly, she ht have heard her na called out

Thatherself as Tara pushed open the door, calling out her name

Reagan let out a screech as she threw the vase She cried out in horror as, too late, she realized alking into her apartrasped his wife around the waist and turned, so his body shielded her frolass vase

Reagan just stood there, her hand over her mouth

The vase smashed to the floor, and she closed her eyes with a flinch

Crap, crap, crap

Reagan opened her eyes, letting out a long breath as she saw that the vase hadn’t landed a few feet away from Alex and Tara

“You were right,” Tara told Alex as they turned to face Reagan “We should have waited for Reagan to open the door”

“I am so sorry Are you okay?”

Alex kept his aran

She gulped What had she been thinking?

“Ahh, yeah, luckily you’ve got a crap ar on? Didn’t you hearout?”

Reagan shook her head, still too shaken to think clearly Her stomach was so knotted it ached

“I, ahh, u to clean this with” She just stared down at the ? Her intruder was hardly going to knock on the door But she hadn’t been operating on nerves and instinct Her only thought had been to defend herself

“Both of you sit,” Alex ordered, guiding Tara around the glass toward the cream sofa “Tell me where the pan and broom are I’ll clean it up”

“Oh, no, I couldn’t—”

“Sit,” Alex said in a hard voice

Reagan found herself sitting on the sofa next to Tara before she’d even thought about it Alex paused, looking down at her with a confused frown

“That was easier than usual”

“What do you mean?”