The Assistant's Secret by Emerald O'Brien

Author:Emerald O'Brien [O'Brien, Emerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The Apartment

I dash from my car, parked by the curb on the street in front of Katie’s apartment building, and rush through the front doors. As I reach the elevator, I turn around to make sure no one is behind me, following me, and when I’m satisfied, I climb six flights of stairs to the third floor.

As I walk down the empty hall, the weight of my footsteps echoes through the floor until I stop, reaching Katie’s apartment. I knock on the cool metal door and wait, clutching my purse strap over my shoulder.

She has a plan. It’s the only thing that’s gotten me through the day. We’ll work this out together.

My phone vibrates in my purse, and I pull it out.

Maggie sent a message. Went grocery shopping. Spaghetti for dinner. When will you be home?

Back late, I type, eat without me.

I shove the phone back in my purse and knock on the door again. When I step away, I notice the corner of a white paper under the door.

I bend and grab it, a blank white envelope, as my phone rings, probably Maggie again. I don’t need to be made to feel guilty about not coming home to have a family dinner right now.

I knock on the door again, ready to hand Katie her mail, and my phone vibrates. Another text. I open it, and it’s a text from a number I don’t recognize.

Security issue. Danes will pick you up out front of your place in fifteen.

Tackman.

He doesn’t need to leave his name and is smart not to.

Danes is at my place? Of course, they know everything about me, and it’s not a question but a demand.

And the service is part of the contract. How did he get here so fast? Wouldn’t it be quicker for me to just leave now?

Is there a real security issue, or do they somehow know what I saw?

If I go, I’m on my own there again, trapped.

If I don’t, Cathrine will unleash her threats on me—ruin me.

If it’s a legitimate security concern, why haven’t they called the guards? I’d get a notification about that. I check the text again. Fifteen minutes. It’ll take me that long to get to my place.

I tap Katie’s name in my phone, and it rings with no answer. She’s not home.

I type her a text, Where are you? I’m at your place, but I have to go. Call me, please.

She knows how important this is to me… Did I miss her, or has she not come home yet?

I don’t have time. Danes will be waiting at my apartment soon. He could be there now. Going back to Tackman’s could be the worst decision I’ve made yet.

I type to Katie once again. If you don’t hear from me, I’m going to 111 Concession 3, Copperfield.

At least if it’s the wrong decision, she’ll know what happened. Maggie and Andy will need closure, and she’ll find a way to give it to them, even if it’s not the truth.

I send

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