He must have noticed because he quickly wedged his hand against the doorframe, saying with a fake smile, "Oh, it's you. Someone downstairs reported a water leak from your bathroom. Just came to check."

My gut feeling said he'd known where I lived all along. His forced casual act wasn't surprising at all.

"Really?" I said coldly. "Fine, I'll have someone look at it." I started to close the door.

But this guy - twice my size - somehow slipped through the ...