After the last incident I would be a fool not to reassess the security on my apartment. I wouldn't look like such a fool taken from my own home again if I could do anything to avoid it.
I'm not master craftsman but it was a simple enough feat, ordering a new security door was quick enough and when it arrived it didn't take long to swap them over. It took a little longer for me to figure out how to attach the chain and deadbolt but by the end of it I felt like I was safe behind a mighty fortress!
With the door upgraded and all of my locks thoroughly checked I could finally feel safe at my home again. It would take some time before I was truly at peace but I could live with this, perhaps I could contact that Lance bloke again? He came all the way from America but I wouldn't mind getting a handy bodyguard.
The days following that contract even I can't say I fully understood how I felt.
It was catatonic, like I had locked myself behind an iron wall to simply avoid reliving the events of that day.
In spite of it all I'd like to say I did something productive, channelling that anger and pain but I'd simply be lying. For the first couple days I simply sat there, lying in bed allowing the world to pass me by without a moments thought.
Taylor broke me out of that stupor, dragging me outside after I stopped replying to him for a day too many. I can't help but thank him as perhaps I'd still be there if he didn't but what happened still lies heavy in my heart.
I will carry that burden for the rest of my live, I and that team alone will know what happened that day and I must simply live on.