Chapter 207

People got killed when security was breached. People sometimes got killed even when security wasn't breached. We took the safety of our residents very seriously.

This particular building housed fourteen people—fifteen counting the female from California.

Jason led the way up the walkway and pressed in the code to open the door for Tyler and me before he took up the rear. The entry points were manned by surveillance cameras, which fed to an off-site security firm. Inside was a 24-hour-a-day security guard.

It hadn't always been this way, but I had learned the hard way that sometimes even the people you are working hard to protect will stab you and the other residents in the back. So now we take precautions.