After a short while, I was sitting in one place on my sofa and I was staring at everywhere and checking if I would see any clue but all to no avail I didn’t see any.
Who on earth would do something like that? How did they even get in, for goodness' sake?
I had double-checked that I had closed the door when I went out with Nora. I was sure. Somebody had broken into my apartment, left this note, and disappeared into thin air.
My chest contracted and swelled in futile effort as I fought my way up from the couch, my aching heart pounding within its walls.
I glanced again.
I dashed to the front door, catching the knob and flinging the door open forcefully, hoping—what? A figure in the hallway? A momentary glimpse into nothing?
Nothing.
I double-locked the door, a precaution for good meas
