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Raphael followed behind me as I followed behind Drew, who stood shoulder to shoulder with Sam.
I couldn’t help but compare the two as we walked, my eyes going to their builds.
Drew was taller than Sam by at least three inches, but they looked incredibly close in age and coloring.
They both had tattoos, Sam more than Drew.
Drew’s bulk was heftier in his chest and legs, while Sam carried more muscle in his arms.
Other than that, they could’ve passed as brothers.
It was eerie, too.
Sam took a left at the back of the hall, then we were yet again heading down another hallway, this one thankfully shorter than the previous.
“Give me a minute, okay?” Sam stopped us. “She doesn’t know she was found.”
Sam didn’t get his minute, though.
The minute Sam pushed through, the little girl woke up with a wail.
The mother, hearing the cry of her child, was barreling out of the room and heading straight for Raphael.
Luckily, Raphael let the baby go without any problems, relinquishing her to her mother as the group watched the woman break down.
She didn’t look good, and I started to worry about her strength as the woman’s legs trembled.
Before she could fall, though, another man with a scarred face grabbed her arm and led her back into the room, pushing through the crowd to do so.
Sam and Drew backed away, letting the man help her through, and then followed them into the office.
Raphael and I stayed in the hallway, unsure of what to do.
I didn’t want to butt into their private reunion, and apparently Raphael didn’t either.
“Soooo…” I drawled. “You watch the neighborhood too?”
He nodded.
“Every damn day. But I have video cameras. I don’t use the binoculars like you do,” he winked.
My mouth dropped open.
“You can see me?” I asked in surprise.
He nodded.
“Wow,” I licked my lips. “So…did you see the woman down the block from us has a man that comes to her after her husband leaves for work every morning?”
He nodded. “I also saw the woman across the street from me steal a package from her front porch while it was going on.”
My mouth dropped open.
“I must’ve missed that,” I told him. “What about that boy who keeps ding dong ditching everyone on the block?”
Raphael smiled. “I scared the shit out of him the second time he tried to do it to me. He hasn’t been back to my house since.”
I grinned.
