Ferguson’s POVI had been standing in the shadows across the street for nearly half an hour, watching the condo building with a stillness that would have unnerved any passerby if anyone had bothered looking.But nobody ever did. People were never free enough, never put into concentration, never preoccupied with how nice it is in the state of happy ignorance, to make notice of a predator lurking in the shadows.My eyes never left the top floors.She was up there.Stella.Safe, for now. Confused, for longer than she deserved. Hidden, because everyone except me believed the truth would break her. Maybe they were right. Maybe they weren’t. But I knew one thing without question:I would rather she break with the truth than remain whole in a lie.From this distance, I could faintly sense the emotional shift inside the condo. Megan’s worry. Jimmy’s tension. Stella’s fear, sharp and fragile like cracked glass.They were talking. Possibly arguing. She must have asked again, why she was here, w
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