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walking to the door. That, and anger. There was a sea of hurt and betrayal just underneath, so deep that I knew it would swallow me up later.  
    No matter what Corbin’s excuse was, I knew it wouldn’t be so easy to forgive him. Though Corbin was obviously past giving a shit about what I thought.  
    This was such a bad idea. But he surely knew I was there. Too late to turn back. I wiped my palms, which had passed from damp to soggy, on my jeans and felt the wet heat of them on my legs.  
    I pushed the doorbell.
    I didn’t hear it ring, but the house was so soundproof that it wasn’t a surprise. After a minute, I wondered if the bell was broken, and I was about to pound with my fist when the door opened.  
    A young woman with dark skin and manga-sized eyes stared at me. She wore an apron, and she was wiping her hands on a dish towel.
    “Can I help you?” Despite her obvious shock at finding me on her doorstep, her voice was warm.  
    Of all the possible situations I’d imagined, this wasn’t one I’d prepared for. I stared at her, at a loss for words.  
    “Who is it?” came a man’s voice from another room. Not Corbin’s voice, I didn’t think… but it had been some time, and I had never heard him yell politely from another room.
    “Hi,” I said, scrambling for a good cover story. “I’m a real estate agent with Acme Realty.” It was the first name that came to me, and I cringed.
    Footsteps approached, and a tall, slender man came up behind the woman. He rested his hands on her shoulders.
    “Forgive me,” I said. I decided to go all in. “I might have the wrong address. Is this house still for sale?” What was the name the house was registered under? John something… “Are you John Browning?”
    “No,” the man said. “We’re house sitting, but I don’t think John is selling.”
    “He did a huge renovation about a year ago,” the woman said. “I’m sure he’s not selling. Sorry to disappoint you.”
    “Pity. I have a very motivated buyer,” I said. I couldn’t think of a way to get additional information out of them, but I wasn’t prepared to walk away empty-handed. “The next time you talk to him, could you let him know that Audrey from Acme Realty was here.” I smiled, hoping that hours of faking it hadn’t damaged my facial muscles too badly. “Maybe he was just putting out feelers, but I think he’d be sad to miss this opportunity. Do you think you could call him now? I don’t mind waiting.”
    “I don’t think that’s necessary,” the man said. There was something about him, about them both, actually… They looked like a nice, normal, happily married couple, but I knew they were probably spies or something.
    “Or Corbin,” I said, trying to look past them without being obvious. “Is Corbin here?”
    They both frowned. The woman turned those huge eyes of hers up toward her partner’s. He shook his head. “We don’t know anyone named Corbin,” he said.
    Well, crap. What was my next move? I really couldn’t get a read on these two, couldn’t tell if they were civilians or what. I decided to go for broke. “What does John look like? If he’s a tall guy with dark hair and freaky eyes, that’s Corbin, and I know he wants to hear from me.”
    They stared at me blankly.  
    “Tell him Audrey needs to speak to him. It’s extremely urgent.” Maybe he didn’t think our relationship was important, but I sure did.  
    Now they looked at me as if I were insane.  
    As I got into the SUV and started backing out, I noticed a tricycle on its side underneath the evergreen bushes. Kids ? Seemed like quite an elaborate cover.
    Maybe they weren’t undercover. In which case, I’d just given two nice people a shock for no reason.
    But somehow, I doubted anyone camping out in Corbin’s secret lair could be all that in the dark. Even if they didn’t know his name.
    I wished the house weren’t set up in such a private way. I longed to look inside, to see if the furniture