Chris drove over to headquarters where he assumed that Alexander was hiding out. Chris knew that if Alexander was so busy that he couldn't make time for Annie there must be something up, or something going on that he wanted to be in the loop about. When Chris arrived at headquarters he quickly made his way over to Alexander's office. He greeted people as he saw them go by, it seemed everyone was attending to their usual duties which rose many more red flags to Chris, he couldn't think of a single reason that Alexander would be ignoring Annie so cruelly immediately after she had moved in. Something was off and Chris was determind to find out what. "Why have you been ignoring Annie?" Chrris demanded the second he walked into Alexander's office. Alexander barely looked up from his work. "I've bee busy." Alexander brrushes off. "I have a lot of paperwork." Chris shakes his head. "That's bullcrap, you have the same amount of paperwork as usual unless there is something I don't know ab

Alexander had been living on edge for days. To figure out how to protect Annie, Alexander had to be away from Annie. The hours would tick by and before he knew it, it would be the early hours of the morning. Alexander was sure that Xavier was the person threatening Annie, he had never been more sure of anything in his life. But he was beginning to question how. Xavier had no transactions anywhere, none of his assumed names were being used anywhere and Alexander wondered how Xavier could have recovered so fast. Alexander was considering working from home for a few days, he wanted to be around Annie to protect her more. Part of his feared that she would be killed before he even got the chance to say go on a date with her. He hated how he had finally confessed his feelings and now he was stuck. Working from home would be the best thing he had ever done, if only that would be manageable. Being at home with Annie is where he wants to be, but it just wasn’t plausible. Barely anybody knew wh

Annie woke up alone the next morning, she wasn’t surprised though. As Annie moved around Alexander’s room she noticed a short note. This time Alexander left his phone number and Annie sighed. She wondered why it had taken so long for them to exchange numbers. Annie walked around feeling even worse about how everything was going between them. Annie would stick to her word and still give Alexander a couple of days to figure his stuff out, but Annie didn’t think it was looking good. Annie spent the day around the house. Annie, Samual and Adam spent the day tidying and watching movies. Adam still didn’t seem comfortable hanging out casually with Annie, but they were starting to overcome the divide between them. It was around midnight when Annie finally went to bed. +++++Alexander had been busy all day. He had meeting after meeting, never having a chance to check in on Annie. As Alexander worked he realised just how busy he had been. Seeing Annie the night before had made him just as ha

Annie woke up to Kaylee’s phone call and was instantly on edge. Kaylee refused to tell her what was going on, it was the second call in under a month that left her feeling uneasy and on edge. The last one had made no sense but at least this time she knew who had been calling her. Annie had never been great at waiting, nor being in the dark. Annie had lived a sheltered life which meant she knew very little about the world around her. Annie knew even less about the darkness of Alexander’s world and so this new feeling of fear was unknown to her. In her head everything was safe until now when it seemed everything fell apart. Annie stormed to Alexander’s office only to see everybody there. Instantly she knew something was wrong. She had yet to go downstairs to discover the artwork that somebody had thought the walls needed to be complete. “What is going on?” Annie demanded, she was sick of being treated like a child who needed to be protected from everything. “Nothing.” Everyone said.

Everybody was surprised to see Kaylee arrive at Alexander’s house. They were all on high alert and Kaylee’s unexpected arrival made her instantly a suspect. Kaylee had been expecting this, but the accusation on their faces made her feel hurt. Even though she was the culprit she was hurt to find they really would suspect her if she gave them any small reason to. Only Mason seemed understanding and happy to see her. Their friendship was something she knew she wanted to nurture and she hoped that it would become a real friendship, it already felt like one. She hated lying to him but after their conversation earlier she realised it would be a mistake to tell him the true. “What are you doing here?” Cindy demanded, standing between Kaylee and the stairs. Kaylee frowned, Annie wasn’t downstairs which would have been the most helpful thing right now. Kaylee already had her answers ready but she made sure she looked truly shocked and slightly scared, she hoped she had pulled it off before sh