Natalie’s POV Eventually, I decided not to let him in. I didn’t want to make such a decision in a moment of emotional weakness. I had been there before with him, and if I ever decided to go back, it had to be after careful consideration. My phone rang at six in the morning, and I was surprised to see that it was my next-door neighbor. “Hello!” I answered. “Natalie?” she asked, her voice slightly nervous. “Are you home? Are you okay?” Confusion filled my voice as I mumbled, “Yes! What’s wrong?” She let out a deep sigh of relief. “Oh, thank God!” “Hey, what’s wrong? You’re scaring me,” I said, sitting up in bed with an anxious frown. “I was passing by your apartment while taking the kids to school, and I saw a man—a handsome man—changing your front door lock. I was afraid he was a gangster or a thief. I was about to call the cops, but I hesitated because he didn’t really look like one,” she explained. I immediately jumped out of bed and asked, terror flashing across my
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