Chapter 14 Deceivingly Safe
- The building lobby was empty. The din of afternoon traffic trickled in through the glass doors. Muffled voices filtered from one of the apartments above.
- "Why are you here?" she repeated.
- "I told you; I wanted to say happy birthday. Since we were what, ten years old, you and I haven't spent a birthday where we didn't at least see one another." He grinned sheepishly, and if Nadia didn't know better.