Chapter 16Melissa paced outside the apartment. She could hear every word, but if Starr was honest and there was a bomb, there was nothing she could do, yet.
When she heard Cameron say I love you and got dragged away, the sob that escaped Maura had Mel’s heart breaking in tandem.
“Maur,” she whispered. Then again, louder.
“Mel,” came the whisper back. “I don’t know what to do.”
“You need to look around you, does anything look out of order, are there any wires where there shouldn’t be wires?”
“Mel, I’ve really only been here once, how would I know?”
“It’s you, Maur,” Mel said in her ear reassuringly. “You have the eyes of a hawk and the brain of something with a really big brain, just take a look around.”
There was a laugh, followed by a scream of pain from upstairs.
“Oh, gawd, Mel,
