Adrian

 "What are you doing here?" she asked, and a muscle twitched in my jaw as I stared at her.

 Her muscles were tense, and something was off in her blue eyes. 

 I glanced back at her mother’s apartment, at the figure I’d seen standing by the doorway just moments ago. But when I looked again, he was gone.

 I was sure it was a man. Her mother would have reacted if it were her.

 "Get in the car," I said, turning around and climbing into the driver’s seat. Thinking about it now, ...