He moved through the living room, past the kitchen with its yellow sticky note still on the fridge, and down the hallway to her bedroom. The door was closed. He knocked, then knocked again harder when there was no response."Ericka, are you in there? We need to talk."But there was no answer.“Ericka, I’m coming in OK, I just want to talk.” He opened the door to find it just as it usually was, neat and tidy, only the stuff she needed for her classes was missing.A message came up on his phone, a friend of his from his fitness classes: Man, everything all right? I just saw Ericka, she’s not looking so good. Apparently, someone found her passed out by a tree near the library. They're sending her to the hospital, dude. I managed to get her stuff, but in it, there was a listing for a place of her own. Did you know she was looking into buying her own place?Dominic's heart hammered against his ribs as he read the message. The words blurred together, forcing him to read it twice. Ericka. Ho
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