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Lenore stalked up the stairs and stopped in the hallway. She leaned against the wall and caught her breath. Her body ached and her head was a little woozy, but she didn’t feel like she’d just fallen out of a moving vehicle. She heard the footsteps of the men follow her, straightened, and plastered a smile on her face. The men appeared and Nick paused when he noticed her face. A shadow crossed his own and he stepped to the side to allow Stan through behind him.
Stan stopped in the doorway and glanced up at the ceiling. “Where did you want me to start tearing the walls down?”
Nick smiled. “I hope not literally,” he countered.
Stan nodded at the hallway walls. “Not for any of the bearing walls, but a lot of these boards will have to go,” Stan replied.
Nick bowed his head. “I w
