Ok, now back to the story.

Alex gestured to a room at the end of the hall. The apartment was an exact carbon copy of the one I once live in, so I knew the room at the end of the hall was the master bedroom. What we were all crammed in at the moment was the living room packed with furniture and boxes all the way to the ceiling.

to the left was the kitchen and beyond that the bathroom. Just before the master bedroom was another bedroom.

I knew all this and I also knew if we went to that bedroom at the back, it would be harder to get away. Looking around though it was really our only choice, we could barely stand where we were.

We all had to turn side ways and shimmy down the hall. Everything had a sheen on it and I could hear water dripping somewhere. It felt like we were spelunking.

After what felt like and eternity we all walked into the master bedroom. I exhaled a long breath I didn’t know I was holding. There was light in the room and it was considerably cooler. I turned and looked back down the hall and it seemed to stretch on endlessly.

Alex appeared from the right with water bottles he indicated some chairs and asked us to have a seat.

“NO!” I said, causing everyone to turn and look at me, I was standing by the door, Alex and dan on one side, Greg on the other, when I shouted the turned and looked at me making a funnel with me at the end. “My life has been hell for the past few weeks and I want to know why.”

Greg looked over at Alex and said, “Carla did some really bad things to me too, and I also want to know why.”

We were all looking at Alex now.

Alex thumped hard in a chair and turned away from us, “Please,” he said softly, “sit down I will tell you everything.”