He stood right outside the conference room door, but he heard no further sounds from within.
...
After lunch, Summer Thorne took Louis Sutton to school. Then, she returned and spent several hours working at the freight yard. By the time she left to drive home, it was already getting dark.
She had no messages on her phone. Everything was still quiet.
Summer Thorne was tempted to call Timothy York and ask about the situation, but considering everything that had happened recently, she decided against it.
Summer Thorne drove straight back to Kingscrest.
It wasn't until she went upstairs and opened the door to her apartment, surprised to see a pair of black leather shoes by the shoe cabinet, that she finally let out a sigh of relief.
But that relief lasted less than a second before anxiety constricted her chest once more.
Summer quickly changed her shoes and stepped inside, where she saw a man sitting in an armchair on the balcony, reading a book.
