On Her Trail

Another half hour later, they finally had the ladders they needed to break into the window.

"Boss, there's no one inside!" yelled Cal. He had just climbed through the smashed window and looked around the apartment.

Layla heard his words and didn't believe it. "Impossible! I've been watching this apartment ever since he left our place yesterday! I did not see him leave!"

Dillon looked at Layla, noticing her genuinely surprised expression.

It seemed Julian really was here at one point but managed to slip away without anyone noticing.

"What happened while he was at your place yesterday?" asked Dillon coldly.

Layla looked at him, surprised. "He came over and started asking us why we were here. We told him that we were here to take whatever items belonged to us back. He then started asking questions about where we got our information..."