She sighed. “That could have been random. The same with the rock. There have been some things going on around the townhouses.”
“Maybe you should look for another place,” her mother said.
“No. I like where I live. It’s big and the rent is affordable and the people around me are nice. Things like this can happen anywhere. I’m not moving every time they do.”
“I’ve got a camera on her place. I can see who is outside now if it happens again. I’ll get alerted the minute they get close enough.”
“I thought you weren’t going to tell anyone,” she said.
“Your family can know,” he said. “So they are aware I’ve got you. Any father would want to know that.”
“I do want to know. Thanks for sharing. I’ll sleep better knowing it’s over.”
“It might never happen again,” she said. “So don’t lose sleep over it now. You’re not, are you, Clay?”
He held her stare, then looked away without answering.
Just great. Another thing to get her worked up when she couldn’t get anything in her life under control.
30
GOOD ABOUT IT
“There is the woman I want to speak with.”
Meredith looked up from the papers she was reviewing to see Cassidy come into her room.
Mid-October was beautiful out and the kids were running on the playground after lunch. She’d eaten her lunch and was ready to get some work done with a few minutes of peace.
“I’m always here,” she said. “What did you want to talk about?”
“Your boyfriend,” Cassidy said. “And the ex. Anything else going on to keep me up to date?”
“Nope,” she said, leaning back in her chair. “Fredrick is a thing of the past in my mind. Nothing to say or do.”
“You’re positive he had nothing to do with the rock through your window?”
“Yep. He and Lana were both cleared. It’s not them.”
Cassidy pulled up a chair and sat. “Do they know who it could have been?”
“No,” she said. “Ford said there was no way to get a clean set of prints off the rock. They tried, but I expected that response. It’s not like it’s this big crime they are going to put a lot of energyinto. I’m positive they only did what they had because of my relationship to Clay.”
It’d be wasteful anyway when it could have just been kids playing a prank.
Karl had told her that someone in another building had marks on their car last week too. Guess he’d been walking around talking to people when he saw them outside.
It made her feel better to know that.
The landlords even offered to put some cameras around the parking lot in the future.
“Are you nervous about any of it?” Cassidy asked. “I mean I know you’re always happy and cheerful, but this is taking it far in my mind.”
She sighed. “I’m trying to keep it in. I’ll admit I really thought it was Fredrick and as much as he and Lana were a nuisance, it wasn’t dangerous to me.”
“You don’t know what pushes anyone,” Cassidy said.
Her shoulders dropped. “I know. But it wasn’t them and they are gone now. So end of story. We know if it wasn’t for bad luck I’d have none. It’s probably just two random things and I’m trying to think of it that way.” It was better for her peace of mind.
