Chapter 18 Keeping Her Company

• CHICAGO, UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
• THREE DAYS LATER: IN RIA ROBERT APARTMENT
• Ria stopped the machine as soon as she heard the doorbell. Slowly she stood up from the stool and walked to the door. No one was home to help her get the door but she knew the number of steps in her head. Phoebe and Phoenix are in school while Ma’am Elise went to the salon to style her hair because her cousin is getting married tomorrow.