Chapter 6

At eight the next morning, Lacey sat in Dana's office with a tissue folded between her fingers.

Russell occupied the chair beside her. He rested one hand near her shoulder without touching it, the picture of a manager protecting a frightened employee.

I remained standing.

Dana closed the office door. "Lacey says you followed her home and threatened her pregnancy."

"I went to the address printed on Northline's payment printout," I said. "I did not know it was her apartment until I arrived."

Lacey dabbed beneath one eye. "She kept demanding to know when Russell would leave her. She said…