earth could I have missed it? Something felt odd texting the p

d my forehead when I realized how. Chad had texted me a message that convey

ds when all of a sudden, something fascinating caught my eyes. The message had been delivered but it had not yet been seen by Chad. He must have put his phone

bout a billion messages that required confirmation on whether or not I had changed m

cked me dropped the phone and decided that, pa

a third party, I concluded that I would be going to Chad Bush's hou

? I had on my pajamas and I couldn't care less. After securing that my house w

barely made enough to keep up with paying my bills and gett

uld get there in an hour. That meant that by two in the morning, I would be at my

vastation would be an unde

at would be would be but then, I would rather lose my j

xpectations. He lived in some fucking mansion. I gaped at the large so

at Chad's. I only knew where he lived because I had a direction map on my phone installed f

things through. If there was any fire hot enough to burn my job, this was it. For one, Chad

view, the mansion was dimly lit with night lights and it seemed empty. That gave me another sense of logic. Ch

get through things without being noticed. I wasn't completely unprepared for any sort of stoppage.

think, I pulled my bike to a co

at heights were but that was definitely one long gate. I placed my hand akimbo and

metals that connected each vertical row to the other. I placed my feet on the first steps an

he building. My heart was equally trembling along with my limbs. "Don't look down Nikki, don't look down." I pleased with myself bu

was soon crashing to the ground. It was a fall I doubted I would survive but I hit the ground with my butt. I didn't know the

he pains in my glutens, lettin

of the stranger, me. Following their barking alert was the flashlights

the trees that lined what seemed to be a road that led to the m

inear pattern that served decorative purp

te in scrutiny but I managed to

was unlocked. The only reasonable explanation was that Chad kept it open in case the security had to get him out in emergency situations

dea because I had literally just

r the first floor and from the staircase, I could see that the last floor had numerous doors. W

door knob and not surprisingly, it bugged and came

mes the size of my apartment, possibly more than. Fear gripped m

iny red lights that rotated around their axis making the room seem magical, I spotted

s lying next to him and sh

e, I grabbed it and made the longest run for my life. Fate was honestly working with me on this because as soon as I got out

erly' and yelled as loud as I could, "so long suckers!"

leave for work. I hopped on my bed and side, pulling out Chad's phone. The first glance at it made me furrow my eyebrow

dise. I unlocked it and alas, the image in

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