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the counter, I set a few towels under the phone and continued swinging. Once, twice, then two more times just to be sure. The phone sat in pieces on the towel, and a few plastic parts had escaped and littered the floor.
    I dropped the hammer and rubbed my hands over my face.
    I would not let Mark take this away from me. I’d just have to be more careful.
    And I’d definitely need a new phone.
    Leaving the mess on the counter, I turned off the lights as I returned to my bedroom. Sinking under the covers again, I left the light by the bed on and closed my eyes.
    Maybe I was being paranoid. Maybe…maybe I worried too much.
    Turning on my side, I tried to relax. I’d take precautions anyway.
    And when I got up again, I’d be too busy with my new job to be distracted by Mark anymore.
     

 
     
     
     
    Chapter Three
     
     
    I put extra concealer under my eyes as I got ready for work. There was no way I was going to look anything less than perfectly ready on my first day. I felt naked without my cell phone, but I’d take care of that today.
    Steps. That was I was doing. Taking steps, one by one, to get my life back.
    The pieces of my old phone still sat on the counter, and I scooped them into a trash bag. I took it out the door and to the trash chute I’d spied yesterday after stepping off the elevator. Walking back to my apartment, my neighbor from the door just around the corner stepped out. When she spotted me, her eyes widened.
    “Please tell me you’re my neighbor,” she said, brushing blonde bangs from her eyes. “Please tell me I’m not alone on the floor anymore.”
    I laughed and nodded, already charmed by her. “You’re not alone anymore.”
    “Good. Because it can get kind of creepy how quiet it is around here. I mean, I’ve only been here two weeks but I’m used to noise–I work in a daycare so of course I’m used to noise. And before this, I lived with a roommate and there was noise all the time.”
    “Are you in Main? At the daycare there?” Another genius idea. A nearby daycare for employees of Oasis. Just another way to make life easier. Finn really had thought of everything, and I was kind of jealous I hadn’t been in on the planning.
    She nodded. “Little Tots. Though we’re just getting up and running. I’m Paige.”
    “Charlotte. I work in Business.”
    Paige smiled. “I noticed those offices were starting to fill up. There are moving trucks outside all the time now, but it’s still been pretty quiet over here. I bet those fancy suites on the upper levels are filled up, though.”
    I thought about the place Finn had arranged for me to live, and then about his own penthouse several floors above where we were right now. I wasn’t going to be able to avoid him outside of work forever. It was only a matter of time before we ran into each other in the elevator, or at the gym, or dining in the restaurant downstairs.
    But I’d handle it. Just like Mark and my phone and a dozen other things. I’d handle it.
    “I’ve got to get going,” Paige said, checking her watch. “I’ll be around tonight if you want to stop by, compare apartments and notes on this place. I still haven’t seen it all.”
    “Me either. I’ll stop by when I have a chance,” I assured her.
    As she walked off, I made a mental note about laundry. I’d have to check to see if there was a laundry service. Since I’d thrown away my phone, I went back inside my apartment to make a note on a pad of paper sitting by the house phone. I’d also need to check to see who had access to the key cards for each room and how one went about making extras or who was allowed to use them.
    With an extra ten minutes to spare, I rode the elevator down to the lobby, smiled at the desk clerk, and then forewent the tram to the Business Community. I took the closest path in the Commons and made another note on my pad. Kiosk, coffee, pastry.
    I hadn’t eaten breakfast, so my mind was on food. But for those in a hurry or just needing