“I’ll keep looking for anything else, but the best thing would be finding out where this woman went and who she met up with.”
“Then find that.”
Jude nodded and opened his mouth to say something, but Damien’s phone rang.
He looked at the screen and smiled, realizing how late it was.“Hey, Harmony.Did you change your mind about me walking you out to your car?”
“Damien?”
Every hair on his body stood on end at her tone.Small.Meek.Terrified.“What’s wrong?”
Jude’s head snapped up at Damien’s tone.
“My apartment.Someone broke in.It’s?—”
“Get out now.Go outside, sit in your car.I’ll be there in ten minutes.”
“But I?—”
“Someone could be inside, Harmony.You need to be safe.Go outside, get away from the building.You can drive away if you want to, but do not go into your apartment.I’m on my way.”
“What’s going on?”Jude hissed, keeping up with Damien on his way to the door.
“Harmony’s apartment was broken into.”
“I’ll call Marcus.And drive.”Jude pushed the door open and jogged to his SUV, starting it up before either of them had seatbelts on.
All Damien had to do was not freak the fuck out before they got to her.
Easier said than done.
Twelve
Harmony’s handsshook as she spoke to the police officers.Every inch of her shook.She couldn’t believe someone broke into her apartment.The day after someone else followed her there.What the hell was going on?
“Can you think of anyone who would want to hurt you?”the officer asked.
“I don’t fucking know!”Harmony threw her hands up, feeling like she just answered the same question.Maybe because she had.
The cop stilled, as if he wanted to say something to her.
“Sorry.It’s just… It’s been a really weird few weeks.”
“I understand,” the cop said, not sounding at all like he did.
He’d been giving her attitude since he showed up, like she was an inconvenience instead of a victim.It was as if he thought she was making the whole thing up.Her apartment was trashed.The door was wide open when she arrived home, her things thrown all around her apartment.Clothes were tossed out of the drawers, her mattress flipped, sheets hanging off the edge and dangling on the floor.Her record collection, the pieces of her parents she could never replace, was smashed into pieces and destroyed.Every item she owned appeared to have been touched by whatever stranger felt they had a right to go into her apartment.
And the cop questioning her was acting like she deserved this bullshit.
“Can I have a word?”Captain Patrick asked the officer.
He straightened up really fucking quickly with his boss right there.“Yes, sir.What can I do for you?”
Captain Patrick nodded toward Harmony.“I meant with Ms.Gibbs.”
The cop slid her a look of disgust, then pasted on a fake smile.“Of course.”He moved away, sidling up to another officer who both glared at her.
“Ignore them,” Captain Patrick said softly.
