Footsteps echo in the room and girls start to murmur about something that’s gotten their attention. The steps continue until I hear them stop just behind me. A heady, masculine scent fills my nostrils and now I can’t catch my breath for a different reason. “Boo.” A familiar tenor sounds next to my ear. I close my eyes, taking a deep breath. I should’ve known him letting me leave the apartment alone was too good to be true. He resisted when I first brought it up, wary of the intruder stalking me, but then it was like a light bulb went off in his head and he agreed. Now I see why.
