On the day, all was normal and they left around mid-afternoon. I had not bothered with a super that day choosing to continue working in my office till...late. I heard the front door close but thought nothing as we hear the people next door occasionally. Shortly The door opened behind me and as I turned around, Amanda stood there trying to look a little surprised, not. “Hi, not cleaning day again is it” too which she fumbled an apology saying she had lost an ear ring and as no light were on at. “I don’t doubt that,” snickered Tami. “How’s she adjusting.”“Pretty good I think. So she’s officially part of your crew now.”“I didn’t say all that, but she seems nice. Helen is a little skeptical of her, but she’s been fine so far.”“That’s good!”“Her daughter came by last week and brought some monkey she shared with us.”“Yumm-o,” Tami said thinking of sweet, gooey concoction.“Sweetie, I wanted to talk to you about something.”“What’s that, momma?”“What do you think about adoption?”“In general,. Jill who had been in the kitchen came out bringing me a cup of coffee. I took a seat in the chair opposite the couch and told my sister to sit down. ‘I’m afraid that things have taken a turn for the worse. Tony has figured out Christy was headed for your house. I just drove by your place and it’s being watched,’ I said to my sister. ‘Oh God, no. This is all my fault,’ Christy said beginning to cry. ‘No it’s not your fault. You didn’t know this would happen. You are the victim here. This is all. He felt like the very air was heavy and thick. Maybe it was why he was having so many problems breathing.He was – abnormal. The whole fucking situation was abnormal. He didn’t belong here. He wasn’t supposed to be here. He was only a kid. He was only a kid who was way out of his depth, making decisions on too little information, and it was coming back to haunt him. They were coming back; they were going to get him and he wasn’t fast enough and he wasn’t strong enough and he wasn’t... He wasn’t..