Chapter NineShe drives herself home with the car she's parked a good distance away as to not rouse suspicion, and then texts Jackson to let him know that she's retrieved what's in the box, but also warns him that he's not going to like it. The card stays in her back pocket and despite the light material, she feels it like a boulder, like a shackle attached to a metal ball that wants to keep her near the mysterious mansion. She feels like she's being pulled back, something there drawing her. It's only a matter of time before she crumbles.
She feels like she should be a lot more worried than she is, that maybe she should be calling someone, but what should she say- what could she say? The man who's house I tried to rob is stalking me?
She should have taken pictures, proof that she didn't i
