Chapter Ten
It had been a grueling day and I was late getting home—but I had called and left a message on the answering machine. I was being especially careful since my run-in with Walker two days before. Alec would know every move I made; I’d make certain of that. He hadn’t exactly ordered my caution, but it was implied. After he quit being kind that night, he’d leveled a few veiled threats my way. He could have really let loose, considering how angry he was at the start; but he took a more muted approach to admonishing me. Frankly, I would have preferred out and out punishment. My great regret seemed to call for some kind of extreme measure—and that certainly wasn’t beyond him to do. But then, I wondered if his quiet the past two days weren’t part of the fallout just to unsettle me, and
