A Matter of Time 06 - But For You (MM) by Mary Calmes

Author:Mary Calmes [Calmes, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

KOLA and Hannah thought that first class was the coolest thing ever.

They had their own video monitors, the flight attendants brought warm cookies and milk, and they got to pick what they wanted for lunch.

They sat in front of Dane and me, and we talked about everything on the way home. I explained about the witness and what had happened and how there had been a man in our room. Dane listened and nodded, taking it all in.

I really wasn’t surprised when we weren’t driven home.

The loft in River North was one of Dane’s many investments. He had places in the Gold Coast area as well, which was considered very trendy and up and coming. Dane bought real estate, fixed it up, sometimes did the interior design himself and sometimes hired someone. This one had been done by someone else, as exposed brick, exposed pipes in the ceiling, and all-wood floors were not Dane’s aesthetic. If you were going for an urban feel, a concrete floor was more him, or wrought iron or tile. It was nice, though: two huge bedrooms, two bathrooms, one guest washroom with just a toilet and a sink, an office, a kitchen, a great room, and a sort of reading nook area.

The patio was small but secure with no access other than through the loft. It was smaller than our house but still, for me and the kids, enormous. Chilly was already asleep on the rug in front of the fireplace when we got there.

I groaned and let my head roll sideways to look up at Dane.

“The kids have to share a room, but for the short time that you’ll be here, that should be fine. Their room is at the back end; you and Sam have the first one closest to the front door. I had most of your clothes brought over, but honestly, who needs that many shoes?”

“This isn’t—”

“There’s a doorman out front and two security guards that check people in and out. You need to give them a list of who gets access to the apartment. I gave them Sam’s name already. There are four apartments per floor. On this one, the eighteenth, you have Mrs. Garcia and her son Ramon in 1801, the Patels in 1803, and Gabe Fukushima and his partner, James Garrett, in 1804. The walls are thick; you shouldn’t hear anyone, the garbage chute is out the door to your left, and your minivan is on the basement level in stall B44. Any other questions?”

“We’d be fine at home.”

“Next Friday you plan to have my kids with you, right?”

“Yes.”

He squinted at me. “I don’t feel comfortable with you alone in your house without Sam. The idea of you putting not only your kids but mine in danger as well… Jory, use your head. You lock that front door, you set the alarm, which is zero-zero-seven plus the number one when you disarm it and zero-zero-seven plus two when you arm it—then I know you’ll be safe and sound in here.

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