Chapter 101

I’m talking myself out of it even as I cross the park, well trying to, but my body is not getting the memo, and I key in the access code as soon as I come level with it. The gentle beep and then the click of the door opening does not deter me.

Stubborn-headed and emotionally stuck on this path, I slide in unseen and enter the empty dark hall, thanking my lucky stars they haven’t put on the lights down here yet. I can’t hear Alexi’s voice down the hall, so I bank right to the dimly lit and concealed lifts. I keep my face downwards as I pass against the wall under the camera here.

If security is watching the screens, they might not guess it’s me. I am dressed like any of the girls when they come on shift, so he will think I am one of them arriving early. My hair is soaked, so it looks dark, almost mahogany, and tied back, so in shadow, it would look brown on the camera’s low resolution in the dark.

As I watch the lift doors close, I sigh with relief, unable to believ