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from me. It took me a few seconds to realise the terrified screams were coming from me. The look on Matt's face haunted me as I fled down the hall. Horror, fear and something else. Something that told me he knew. He knew why I was the way I was. Why I spent my time being so utterly terrified. And why I had built a strong impenetrable wall around myself to protect me. A wall that he had somehow gotten through.
     
    Chapter Five
     
    Lying on my bed back in the apartment I tried to block the memories that Matt's embrace had made surface earlier. Nothing had happened, I didn't need to worry. There was simply no way Matt would know what was wrong with me. He probably just thought I was psycho crazy.
    Most girls in my position would have thrown themselves at him. They'd have done anything to get him to touch them the way he had touched me. But what did it mean? Why did he keep doing it? As far as I was concerned it didn't make much sense. I was nothing. A nobody. He had no reason to be acting this way towards me.
    "It's been all over the news you know?" Maggie's voice drifted in to me from the lounge.
    "What is?" I called back. When she didn't answer my curiosity go the better of me. Standing I pulled my cardigan tight around myself and made my way out into the main living area of the small apartment.
    She was perched on the edge of the couch, her eyes glued to the television screen. I glanced past her and caught sight of the Monkey House from the night before. The flashing light of the ambulance lit up the screen every few seconds. And then suddenly it was the image of Matt being carried out by the paramedics. I hurried out behind them, my head down as I climbed into the back of the ambulance.
    The reporters voice came on, informing me that Matt had been discharged from the hospital this lunchtime after being treated for collapse due to exhaustion. I scoffed and stood, making my way into the kitchen. My phone buzzed in my pocket once more. That's all it had done. Ring non-stop. Brody's voice mails were gradually becoming more and more irritated. I knew I'd have to call him back soon. But he could wait a little longer. He was the one who had given me Matt as a client. He should have known better.
    A loud knock on the door had both me and Maggie looking at one another. She shrugged and went back to watching the television, indicating that she wasn't expecting anyone. I was the only one in demand today.
    Letting out a sigh I padded to the door and tugged it open. Matt stood on the other side. His face was pale and I could see the bandage on his arm from the I.V line. He smiled at me, a sort of lopsided grin and pulled a small bunch of flowers out from behind his back.
    "I'm sorry they're not better. But let's just say that with everyone after me, I didn't have the chance to go to a proper florist."
    Folding my arms across my chest I scowled at him. "What do you want? I thought we agreed you needed to work with someone else?"
    He dropped his gaze and stared at the floor. The toe of his boot scuffing against the old worn carpet.
    "Look can I come in? The longer I stand out here, the more chance I have of being seen... And then the circus follows."
    I shrugged and moved letting him make his way into the living area. Maggie turned and stared. Her mouth dropping open as she realised who was standing in the living room.
    "Maggie, this is Matt, Matt this is my flat mate Maggie." I did the introductions as Maggie continued to stare.
    "I... I... Know." Was all she could manage as she continued to look at him as though he had simply fallen out of the sky.
    Matt gave her his most winning smile. A smile I had seen him pull in interviews and the smile he had used on Stephanie in the office when she nearly fell over herself flirting with him.
    "Lovely to meet you, Maggie."
    Maggie grinned and fled the room. It made me giggle. She reminded me of the way the high school girls used to behave when a guy flirted with them. Or when one of them had been