Chapter 49

Natalic slipped through the door, ready to gently wake up Nate when the teacher pulled her aside and whispered, “Nate had a bit of a fever this afternoon. We couldn’t reach you, so I gave him some fever reducer.”

Natalie paused, surprised, “He was fine this morning, what happened?”

“It might’ve been during the after–school activities. The kids were playing with water guns, and Nate didn’t have a change of clothes. The caretaker didn’t get to him in time to switch into dry clothes and he caught a chill,” the teacher said with a hint of guilt in her voice. “But after the medicine, he’s been better. We’ve checked his temperature three times and the fever’s gone.”

Natalie reached out cautiously and felt Nate’s forehead. It wasn’t as hot as before.

“Thanks for taking care of him,” she said gratefully.

Nate was sleeping deeply. With the medicine having taken effect, it didn’t stir as Natalie carried him to the car.

Arriving at Prestige Penthouses, Natalie discovered a power outage.

“What’s going on?” she asked the security guard.

expressed with regret, “Due to urgent repairs that began at five and are still underway, we’ve lost power. It may be at least another half an hour before it can be restored. You may have

getting redder. There was nothing in the

emergency stairs. They lived

hers,

his eyes

else before settling back into sleep against Natalie’s

Nate feared being neglected

Natalie felt that Nate’s life was somehow lacking, stirring a sense of pity. Perhaps the Howard family was too caught up in

Natalie heard a sound from one

Natalie an uneasy feeling,

identity made her a target, and her instincts told her something upstairs might be

there was a utility room. The sixth might have maintenance or

as she turned, a hand suddenly grabbed her from behind. Startled, she reacted instantly, grabbing and twisting the intruder’s hand with enough force to send an adult man tumbling down the stairs, especially with the disadvantage of the

was pushed

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