Chapter 1018

It had taken Edith a herculean amount of effort to climb up the stairs, one staggering step at a time, to make it to the door of the apartment. Fortunately, her movements had been slow. If she'd been any quicker, her body would have been halfway through the door, and she would have been thrown back when the door slammed shut. Didn't Xavier hear her calling him? Who slammed the door on her? Could it be that a burglar had broken into the apartment and was feeling guilty at being caught red-handed? Edith couldn't wrap her head around what was happening. Why did someone slam the door shut on her? And with such overwhelming force as well? She lifted her hand and knocked on the door rapidly. The atmosphere had been ruined. Xavier stopped what he was doing after confirming that there was indeed someone outside the door. The voice he'd heard earlier hadn't been a hallucination at all. Breathing heavily, he raised his head and looked toward the door. The knocks continued, making his he