CHAPTER 393

**FIFTEEN MINUTES EARLIER.....**

Valerie’s heels clicked against the cold tile as she paced the length of Pres’s apartment, her hands trembling as she clutched her arms. The sunlight cast long shadows across the walls, stretching and twisting like the storm brewing inside her.

Pres, already pulling his phone from his pocket, frowned as he glanced at her. “You okay? You don’t usually drop by this e