6 LEAH “Kevin’s on his way up,” Tanner said through my earpiece. He was back on café duty again, but I wasn’t feeling quite so bitter today seeing as I was inside as well. Good thing, because it was pouring rain. I’d been watching the weather forecast since I arrived at Belvedere Place, and if the tech gods had gotten it right, the black clouds should blow over by early afternoon. Then I could walk Brian. Yay. I hurried over to the wall Kevin’s apartment shared with Garner’s, picked up the recording unit, and tucked it into my backpack. It really was a neat little widget. All I had to do was butt the microphone up to the wall, and it recorded the sounds from Garner’s home and transmitted them back to Blackwood HQ. I could listen in via my earpiece too, and if I heard anything interes