Page 75 of Prey

Kind of hard to do when I could feel her stare boring into me.

It hadn’t been that long since we both graduated, but there was something different about her.

Not just her look, though that was different, but something else.

Something small that I couldn’t really put my finger on, but enough for me to take notice.

“Where did you go?” she asked, startling me out of my thoughts.

I turned to her and frowned. “What?”

“This past week. Where did you go?”

I blinked, unsure of how to answer. How did she even know I wasn’t at my apartment?

“We’re not friendly enough for me to tell you anything that’s going on in my life,” I said impassively.

The last thing I wanted was for her to be back in my life. She could just be like the hundreds of people living in this building with me.

A stranger.

Her lips twisted, and I looked away from her.

“Please mind your own business,” I added.

I could see the dark look that covered her face from the reflection on the doors. She opened her mouth to say something, but thankfully, we arrived.

I got out as soon as the elevator doors opened, only to pull up short when I noticed all the police officers around.

My heart pounded in my chest, and for a moment, I feared my dad had somehow figured out about Roman and me, but no.

That couldn’t be the case.

It didn’t look like they were here for me… or Roman.

No one even glanced my way.

Angelica passed me and approached a woman standing in a small crowd.

“What’s going on?” I heard her ask the woman.

I walked a little closer to them.

“Didn’t you hear? The man on floor seven disappeared. They think he left on his own and didn’t tell anyone, but his mom wanted a formal investigation. She thinks her son was killed.”

“Oh. I don’t think I know anyone on floor seven,” Angelica replied.

“He’s a really nice man. I’ve seen him a couple of times. Always had a smile ready for anyone. I think he was getting together with that girl on floor six.”

I blinked. My floor?

“I think her name’s Tiffany or Trixie, or Trinity, or something with a T.”

They continued to talk, but I was no longer paying them any attention.

My heart sped up, but this time for a completely different reason.

A man who had been getting together with Trinity had disappeared.

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