Wanted!
“Chapter 7 FINGERS CREPT UP HER shoulder.
Alice leaped away, flattening herself against the wall.
It was Paul of the ID card.
His fingers wired her fears of the dark. The only knowledge Alice possessed was even darker: Alice had nowhere to go.
Paul was stricken. “I’m really sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”
She could not pull herself together. She could not even decorate her face with a pretend smile.
“You okay?” he said worriedly. He didn’t touch her again. She could see him want...ing to soothe her, casting for a method, finding none.
“Hard day,” she said raggedly. “I’m sorry I jumped.” She looked away from him to keep from spilling her story.
The dark was not complete. Every building had spotlights at the corners and doors, and the diagonal paths threading everywhere glowed like white lines on a map.
“What dorm are you in?” he asked. “I’ll walk you there. If you wait for the campus escort bus, it’ll be fifteen minutes.”
So it was a dangerous campus for other people, too, not just those whose location was known to murderers.MoreLess
Alice leaped away, flattening herself against the wall.
It was Paul of the ID card.
His fingers wired her fears of the dark. The only knowledge Alice possessed was even darker: Alice had nowhere to go.
Paul was stricken. “I’m really sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”
She could not pull herself together. She could not even decorate her face with a pretend smile.
“You okay?” he said worriedly. He didn’t touch her again. She could see him want...ing to soothe her, casting for a method, finding none.
“Hard day,” she said raggedly. “I’m sorry I jumped.” She looked away from him to keep from spilling her story.
The dark was not complete. Every building had spotlights at the corners and doors, and the diagonal paths threading everywhere glowed like white lines on a map.
“What dorm are you in?” he asked. “I’ll walk you there. If you wait for the campus escort bus, it’ll be fifteen minutes.”
So it was a dangerous campus for other people, too, not just those whose location was known to murderers.MoreLess
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