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from your last visit.”
                  Molly sighed, “I’ll try to get by later this week.”
                  Josie pulled her sweatshirt back on and went to the door. As she opened it, she heard Molly’s downstairs neighbor, Al, talking to Mrs. Price in the hall. She closed the door and backed into the room.
                  “It’s Al,” she hissed.
                  Molly laughed, “You’re going to have to face him someday.”
                  Josie glared at her sister, “You were the one who set us up – told me he was a nice guy.”
                  “He is a nice guy,” Molly followed her sister to the window. “And I didn’t mean it as a date. I just thought you could help him find a martial arts center.”
                  Josie opened the window, “Well, thanks to you, I had to change my class time.”
                  “I really wish you wouldn’t go jumping out second floor windows, Jo. It’s strange.”
                  “Night, Mol,” she slid out the window and landed neatly on the ground below.
                  She recovered quickly enough to realize she had been seen by two men. She laughed softly and was about to explain the situation to the witnesses when she realized the blond one was the same man who had chased her the night before. She turned and ran around the back of the building, comforted by the tall chain link fence in the path of escape.
                  Josie scaled it with no difficulty and assumed she was home-free. She turned around to look at him and was dismayed when he cleared the obstacle neatly.
    Knowing there was a series of closely built buildings nearby, she picked up her pace and headed toward the structure with the lowest fire escape ladder.  Josie gained her target and scrambled up the ladder. She did not stop at the landing this time because she could hear him behind her.
                  She had no idea why this guy was chasing her. Maybe he was just hanging around the area, looking for easy prey. If that was the case, it seemed like he was putting an awful lot of effort into chasing her down. Maybe he had committed a crime the night before, and he didn’t want a witness as to where he had been at a certain time.
                  Josie was on top of the building, but she knew she wasn’t safe. She ran for the edge and jumped the space between the buildings. The ductwork on the second building allowed her a hiding place. She stopped running to breathe and to peek out at her pursuer.
                  He was standing on the first rooftop, looking around in confusion.
                  She figured he would eventually figure out she had made the five foot jump and come after her, but he hadn’t done so yet. She opened her phone and dialed her sister.
                  “What’s up? You break your leg in the fall?”
                  “No,” she whispered. “He’s here.”
    “Who?” Molly whispered as well.
    “The guy from last night. He followed me up on a rooftop.”
                  Molly was silent for a moment, “Please tell me you’re kidding me.”
                  “No.”
                  “Where are you?”
    “I’m on a building behind yours. I don’t know what it is, but it has some flags on it.”
                  Josie peered around the corner as she hung up. The man was on his phone now.
                  Josie considered her options. She could see the guy clearly from her vantage point. He was lean and looked like he had just come from the gym, so he could probably clear the distance between the buildings without trying too hard. If his motive was just to give her a scare, he probably wouldn’t risk it, but if he was hiding something, he would definitely take the