Chapter Sixty-FiveThe apartment was quiet when I unlocked the door. It was early yet for Mwara to be at work, so I assumed her absence meant she was out shopping or something. A glance at the Microwave where I'd left Fin's ring showed it was gone, along with the note I'd left underneath. I should've given it to her face to face, but she'd been at work when I came to meet Zantry last night, and I too, was afraid to find guilt in her eyes. Some things were best left unknown, especially when they didn't concern me.
I showered off the night, made myself a late breakfast-turned-lunch. When no calls from Diggy or Roland came in demanding my presence at base–no doubt Zantry's doing–I crawled into bed, jolting awake when the doorbell rang, heart thundering in my throat.
I listened as soft footst
