Chapter 20

It was time.

I pulled myself to a sitting position. It was still dark outside, but it wouldn't be for long.

I glanced to my side at the emptiness of the bed. Nola was gone.

Getting up, I fished out a few pillows I found in her closet and lined them up, covering all the way to the head pillow.

Satisfied by my representative for the next few hours until someone figured out, I took a black scarf from her drawer and headed out. Luckily no one was at the hallway-

My breath got caught in my throat when a woman appeared at the other end. She had her hands on her eyes rubbing vigorously, then she stilled.

I was too far in to go back unnoticed.

So I did what my panicked brain suggested me to do. I twisted the knob of the nearest door and slid in.

Her footsteps approached, then paused and continued back down the hallway. I could just imagine her looking around baffled and blaming it as hallucination on lack of sleep.

I let out a breath of relief which got abruptly cut in the middle.

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