Unhinged Obsession

Nadia.

"What's going on, Nadia? Is there really a fire?" Martha's voice came from her end. I stood glued to a step on the stairs, my eyes on Nikolai. He was standing at the bottom of the stairs.

"How are you doing, Nadia?" He shouted, trying to be heard over the noise of the alarm. " It's been a while."

"Not really," I muttered in a low voice. He couldn't hear me. He squinted and tried to read my