Tina just stared back at him without saying anything. Instead, her mind raced in a million different directions. She needed a distraction. There were dozens of people in the bar, but from the noise tonight, they wouldn’t be much help. Her grandmother thought she was heading to bed and wouldn’t be back again. Tiny normally came to get a fix for his sweet tooth from the container of Jelly Beans on her desk, but probably wouldn’t have time until things calmed down.
“You said the papers are upstairs?” The man asked.
“Yes,” she replied in a blunt tone.
The cold look in the man’s eyes sent a shiver through her. The stairs leading up to her apartment were narrow. The upper floor was divided into two apartments, one for her and one for Pearl. It had originally been four small apartments, but Pe
