Taking Root
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I took a deep breath, pulled the serum from Kayla's hand, tightened the cap, and placed it in my toiletry bag.
Then I carried the bag back to the guest room.
From that day forward, I would leave nothing of mine in a shared space.
But the next morning, I discovered that the lock on the guest-room door had been removed.
"Marcus, where's the lock from the guest-room door?"
"Oh, Tyler said it was broken, so I told him to take it off. We'll install another one later."
Marcus was scrolling through his phone in the living room without even looking up.
The lock was broken?