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.

still underway, we’ve lost power. It may be at least another half an hour before it can be

at Nate, whose cheeks seemed to be getting redder. There was nothing in the car to cover him with and waiting was out of the question.

moment of thought, she decided to take the emergency stairs. They lived on the tenth floor,

warm against hers, but not

open his eyes and flashed a weak

mumbled something else before settling back into sleep against

that Nate feared being

sense

they neared the ninth floor, Natalie heard a sound from one of the stairwell doors above. Just a noise, then silence.

the stairwell gave Natalie

target, and her instincts told her

she turned to head back down. Every three floors there was a utility room. The sixth might have maintenance or

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 higher ground.

she was pushed hard against the wall.

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