“42 Cherrywood, condo 453,” I say, my eyes lastly drifting from the legal to Sabrina, who’s watching me with a mixture of horror and awe. “I’ll want somebody to take him to the station. I’ll keep and take the sufferer’s assertion. She’s fairly shaken.”

“Roger that,” comes the tinny response. “I’ll be there in 5.”

Whereas we look ahead to the captain to reach, Lester thrashes beneath me, unable to simply accept defeat. Sabrina snaps out of her worry and scurries out of the room, giving the 2 of us a large berth. I can’t say I blame her for not eager to be in the identical house as her attacker.

True to his phrase, the captain arrives inside 5 minutes, roughly pulling Lester to his ft when he stops in entrance of us. I give the captain all the knowledge I’ve, promising to get Sabrina’s assertion to him as quickly as potential. Then, when the 2 depart, I’m going to the lounge the place I discover Sabrina staring blankly on the wall.

“I hate to be formal,” I say, sitting down subsequent to her and giving her knee a reassuring contact, “however I have to take your assertion. It’ll assist us get Lester transferred to a better safety facility sooner.”

She nods, not wanting away from the wall. Then, once I get my pocket book out, she begins speaking. Similar to I believed, Lester had are available in by means of the balcony. When she heard the glass break, she tried to lock herself in her room, however he charged in earlier than she might do something. There was a little bit of a scuffle, however Sabrina got here out principally unscathed, only a small reduce on her wrist the place the knife grazed her when she grabbed him to cease him from doing one thing much more extreme.

“You then confirmed up,” she says, lastly locking eyes with me. “How’d you realize?”

“I’ve good instincts,” I lie as I pocket the notepad. “One thing instructed me I wanted to come back dwelling.”

She hums, chewing on the within of her cheek. Then, with out warning, she shakes her head saying, “No.”

“What do you imply, ‘no?’” I ask, cautious to maintain my tone even for worry of betraying the reality.

“It’s such as you at all times know when one thing occurs right here,” she murmurs, principally to herself. To me, she repeats, “How do you know?”

At this level, mendacity isn’t going to get me wherever. I’ve to be sincere, to come back clear about my soiled little secret.

“Your cameras,” I say.

“My… cameras?” she asks, turning to look straight on the one arrange in the lounge. “You don’t have the password.”

“I don’t,” I agree. “I had somebody on the station hack into them for me so I might control what was occurring right here whereas I used to be at work.”

Sabrina goes inflexible beside me, and I’m utterly unable to learn her expression. Normally, she’s an open ebook, however now it’s like she’s a novel written in a wholly completely different language. It places me on edge, however I don’t say anything.

“How lengthy?” she asks a couple of minutes later, breaking the uneasy silence. “How lengthy have been you watching me?”

She solely is aware of in regards to the cameras, however my obsession together with her predates these by months. I’ve been ingesting in each transfer she’s made since I noticed her on TV. I discovered her handle, her weblog, and the few images of herself she’s posted on social media. I realized her schedule, when she normally buys groceries, the times when she would prepare dinner an excessive amount of meals for herself and depart it out for the neighbor throughout the corridor.

“I’ve had entry to the cameras since we met,” I admit, hating that she shifts away from me. I don’t need there to be any lies between us, so I proceed. “However I’ve been attempting to guard you since I noticed you give that interview just a few months in the past.”

Sabrina sucks in a harsh breath, and for a second, I persuade myself every thing’s going to be fantastic. I did shield her, and I by no means pushed. Then, staring blankly on the wall, she opens her mouth and whispers, “Go away.”

I’m compelled to simply accept my destiny – the implications of my very own actions.

Guilt settles over me like a storm cloud as I drive again to the precinct. I’m in a position to ignore it as soon as I get inside, specializing in getting her assertion typed and delivered to my superiors. I’m tempted to open the cameras, however I do know I can’t. I’ve invaded Sabrina’s privateness far an excessive amount of. In addition to, Lester is again in police custody. The least I can do now could be settle for that she doesn’t need something to do with me.

I throw myself into work for the remainder of the day, staying just a few hours after the top of my shift in an effort to keep away from Sabrina. Once I get again to the constructing, her automobile is gone and the entire lights in her condo are off. With out entry to any cameras, I’m left questioning the place she is and if she’s secure.

Chapter 6

Sabrina

Spending the night time with out Michael is hell.

I roll over within the spare mattress at Bianca’s home. My finest buddy insisted I keep together with her after I known as and instructed her every thing. Michael, Lester, and the invasion of my privateness. My paranoia is worse now, regardless that I do know the person who kidnapped me and broke into my house is behind bars. He broke into my dwelling. I used to be speculated to be secure there.

A lot for that.

I’m undecided how lengthy I spend tossing and turning. I’m too wired to sleep and there’s a lot occurring in my head. Ultimately, I rise up and go to Bianca’s kitchen looking for a glass of water.

“You may’t sleep both, huh?” a voice comes from the lounge of her open plan condo, scaring me half to loss of life as I bounce out of my pores and skin. “Oh, shit, sweetie I’m so sorry, I didn’t assume…”

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