Evelyn didn't answer the message immediately.
She stood by the window for a moment, phone in her hand, watching the quiet movement of the estate below. A security guard passed the gate. A car rolled in and parked somewhere out of sight. Everything looked normal, and that almost irritated her.
The apartment had gone quiet.
Not the comfortable kind that came with conversation fading into laughter, but the stillness that settled after doors closed and lights were turned off.
Everyone was asleep.
Her phone was still in her in her hand.
She looked down at the screen again.
Adrian:Can we talk for a second. I'm outside your building.
Evelyn exhaled slowly.
She didn't respond right away. Instead, she walked toward the hallway, paused, and glanced once at the closed doors. No reason to wake them. No explanation she was ready to give.
