Chapter 44

It did not surprise Debbie when she got to the front of her apartment complex later and found Jacy leaning against his car in the large driveway. She deliberately slowed down her pace as she drove up to her allotted parking spot. He walked up to her as she killed the car engine with a huge grin on his face. 

"Hey," he said brightly when she got out of the car.

She didn't say a word. The last person she wanted to see or talk to at that moment was Jacy. She started walking towards the elevator. 

They rode the elevator in silence to her floor and only spoke when she called out a greeting to the doorman when they got to her floor. 

They stayed in silence as she fumbled with her key to unlock the door. When she flung the door open, she walked in ahead of him and he followed. 

"I called your line twice in the afternoon," he said and plopped down on his favorite couch in her house. "You were unreachable. Is everything okay?"

"As you c