Ashlee didn’t move at first. “Oh my god, Marcus! Erin was still here. That was hours ago, and I suspected those Danni and Helen were long gone. “Have you guys…” I started to ask, then noticed a scrap of paper that had sat under my phone. I reflexively backed away from the young woman’s lips as if they were hot coals. Thursday, 8:51 pm
The SUV drove away, leaving Emily and me in front of the doors of the building I now lived in – what I’d learned was called the Liberty Elite. Reaching the top, they rounded the first corner they came to and disappeared. Do you want to be my girlfriend? I stood up quickly, our faces nearly bumping, and Ashlee straightened, looking slightly startled. I’m sure she turned the heads of every man she came across.