Chapter 11
Cooper glanced around to be sure the long hallway in front of Dinah’s apartment was quiet. He didn’t want to surprise the neighbors. She hadn’t come to the office as she had promised. And she hadn’t responded to any of his messages. Calls to her went to the oblivion. It was very unlike her. Then he heard about the incident at the theater. After scrambling through security of a galactic scale, he knew she wasn’t among the dead. But Kate was.
He knew Kate, and goddammit, he liked her. He got a small electronic pin and quickly jabbed at the lock. His device never failed him. Dinah would hate this, but the situation called for it, so he broke into her apartment.
The small apartment wasn’t as he remembered it. It was like a war zone—as if Dinah had left in a hurry. She didn’t even
