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“That was you!” I nodded my face warm. Stephanie took both my hands in hers. “Look, I have a confession to make. The unsigned rent check. My whipmarks. I set you up.” I straightened and pulled back a little. I guess something negative registered in my expression because Stephanie rushed into the silence. “‘Slave bait’. That’s what Daniel and I said to each other at the same time. We were driving away after you showed us the apartment and we just both knew.” I swallowed and managed to say, “How?” Stephanie thought for a moment. “It’s hard to put into words. We both caught you staring at us during the tour of the apartment, but you also seemed ready for something different. A new chapter. And from what little we’ve seen of your house, so big and empty, it was like you were l