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Chapter 4

Looking at the map, and then at the road, Kate carried on walking towards what seemed like Malebury Close. She had woken up that morning feeling… actually, much better. She was still shaken by what had happened yesterday and how she wasn't with Jack anymore but she realised that she had to do something to save him; that sitting there doing nothing won't help either of them. It seemed to her like there was a weight taken off her shoulders and she was in a much brighter mood.

Just left of here should be Malebury Close… she said to herself as she shuffled along the road, frowning at the deserted and gloomy blocks of flats that surrounded her. The neighbourhood didn't seem very nice… and neither did the people. She noted as she watched a bunch of noisy teenagers having a wrestling competition.

Then she quickly came back down to Earth as she felt the side of her head hit something hard.

"Ow!" She mouthed and held her hand to the spot where she was sure that there would be a bruise later. Nevertheless, she carried on walking forwards.

"Number 16…" She mumbled under her breath as she strode on further forwards, straining her neck to look at the number on the heavy metal door that faced her. Number 14… it's not far. She walked a few more meters and turned around to face the door to the block of apartments that was Claire's. Shakily, she took the five steps and stopped in front of the door.

"Great," She thought, "I got here… but how will I get in?" She put her hands up in the air and leaned back on the door with exhaustion. Surprisingly enough, she found herself leaning back further and she gasped slightly as she felt herself falling. She quickly caught the beam on top to try and re-gain her balance. So the door was open.

Smoothing out her sweaty palms on her jeans, she walked in and looked around. Yep, she was right the first time. Not a very friendly place. Then she realised that she was facing another problem. She didn't know which apartment Claire lived in.

She took out the piece of crumpled paper that Jack had given to her and had a look once again to make sure. Disappointed, she sighed and decided to walk up the stairs to the first floor. When she was fully on the stairs, she looked up above and realised that there were only three floors with three apartments on each floor. It might not be that bad after all, she'd have to knock on 9 doors at most to find the right one… that is, considering that Claire was in at all…

She began her search by knocking on the first door and waiting patiently for someone to open the door. Eventually, a large, bald man opened the door and looked her up and down.

"Erm… does Claire…" She trailed off trying to think of her surname but when nothing came to mind, carried on, "… live here?"

The man looked her closely in the eyes before answering.

"Second floor, door to your left." Was all he said before shutting the door with no time for Kate to even thank him.

When she stood before the door, Kate took a deep breath before knocking a few times on the door. She started panicking a little when no one came after a couple of minutes. As she was about to knock again, the door opened and Claire stood in front of her with a baby in her arms. Kate stood there, trying to think of something to say but failing miserably.

"Can I help you?" she asked. She looked just like Jack had described her- just a little tired.

Kate bit her lip and smiled sheepishly.

"You're Claire?" she tried to ask but instead a croak came out and she quickly covered her mouth.

"Yeah… erm… I'm sorry but who are you?" she said, trying not to sound rude and at the same time trying to balance the crying baby on her hip.

"Kate." Was the quick reply. "Erm… you've probably heard about me-" But even before she had time to finish, she was interrupted by Claire putting a hand up to her mouth.

"Kate?" she asked shakily, not fully recognising her.

"Yeah. I'm sorry but Jack-"

"No, no… I know what happened." She smiled sadly and the tears that formed in her eyes, fell across her cheeks. "Come on in…"