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“Your information was ran a couple of times and I’m concerned. It shows it was ran in the area you’re in right now. Have you been talking to anyone?” He accuses me.
“So, what are you thinking? Do we have to leave again?” I place my head against the wall. I need the cool from the wall to cool the heat wave I’m having. I’m nervous and scared about what all this could mean for us.
“You haven’t been talking to anyone, right?” He breathes loudly. “I mean it. You’ve been minding your business.”
“I don’t know what else to do. Are you sure they got my info? How would they have got it, though? We’ve been really careful.” I’m desperate for him to tell me I’m okay. I’m desperate for him to tell me I’m safe.
I’m desperate for anything.
“Maci, you have to promise me you’re keeping your head down. I know this is hard on everyone, but your new social security number was ran through the database three times today. That’s not a coincidence.”
I know exactly what he is saying is true. I just don’t want to believe it. I can’t move Riley again because she’s going to get freaked out if I do it. She’s already freaking out about being at the apartment by herself.
I have the whole apartment rigged with a silent alarm and cameras are throughout the whole apartment. I need to make sure she’s safe while I’m at work. I don’t want anything happening to my daughter.
Screw my own life. I’m okay. She’s the one that’s not okay.
“I haven’t talked to anyone. I know what the stakes are. You don’t have to keep reminding me. What I do know is I have to go back to work.” I hang up on him before he can respond and I run straight into a heated, breathing wall.
A wall full of muscles.
I know that smell anywhere. I’ve run into Hawk.
Fuck my life! How much of this conversation did he hear?
“We have some talking to do,” he murmurs to me.
I bet we do.
