Page 47 of Saving Her Heart
I'm already searching the room, and there—in the smoke detector. A tiny lens that shouldn't be there.
"Hidden camera," I say, pulling it down, crushing it under my heel. "Someone's been in my apartment."
" How? Your locks—” She gasps. “Oh god. That means—what we just?—"
"Hey." I pull her against me. "We'll deal with it. But right now, we need to call this in."
My phone rings. Captain Ramirez.
"There's been an incident," he says. "Building 2. Someone set a fire in the dumpster area. It's contained, but?—"
"We've been compromised," I interrupt. "Someone put a camera in my apartment."
"What?"
"Hidden camera. In the bedroom. Someone's been watching us."
There's a long pause. "Get out of there! Both of you. Come to the station. Now."
"Captain—"
"That's an order, Masterson. If they've been in your apartment, you're not safe there."
I hang up and look at Kendall, who's already throwing on clothes.
"This is bad," she says quietly.
"Yeah."
"They're not going to stop, are they? Brad, Valerie, whoever else is involved."
"No. But neither are we."
She looks at me, and despite everything—the camera, the fire, the threats—she manages a small smile. "We?"
"We. You and me. Together."
"Even with crazy stalkers and hidden cameras and fires?"
"Especially with all that. I'm not letting you face this alone."
"Your hero complex is showing."
"Your deflection with humor is showing." I smirk back at her.
She laughs, but it's shaky. "Fair point."
I pull her close, pressing my forehead to hers. "We're going to get through this. We're going to catch whoever's doing this. And then we're going to have a very boring, normal life with no goats or fires or hidden cameras."
"That sounds nice."
"Just nice?"
"Perfect. It sounds perfect."
We dress quickly, both of us trying not to think about who might have watched us, what they might have recorded. I do another sweep of the apartment, finding two more cameras—one in the living room, one in the kitchen. My skin crawls thinking about how long they've been here, what they've seen.
"Jax?" Kendall says quietly. "Whoever did this has been in your apartment. Maybe multiple times. That means?—"
