23. Saying Goodbye

Rex and Judith made many attempts to reach out to her but Lee made sure they didn’t get access to her in anyway, he changed her phone number and also ensured that he hid Ann away in Roxie’s house when he noticed he was being followed one evening after work.

He has also been seeing different cars packed in front of his apartment and had been told by neighbors on numerous occasions about the continuous and persistent knocking on his door whenever he wasn’t around. He had never informed Ann nor Roxie about all the strange happenings but kept this information to himself. Rex and Judith’s visit to his office, how he was followed and many of the other happenings was kept from them for their own sanity.

That night before Ann’s departure, Lee joined them at Roxie apartment and stayed all night with them. For the first time in days, Ann had real fun and was genuinely happy. They played games, watched movies, sang at the top of their voices to karaoke songs and ate junk foods till the dropped ti