Unknown Enemy. Michelle Karl

hospital tonight.”

      “I’m sure she’ll appreciate that.” Ginny glanced at the clock, feeling the urge to keep moving. “Give her a hug from me, all right?”

      Shelby nodded as a slow grin spread across her face. “I will, but you can come too and give it to her yourself, if you want. Plus, Roger left another note for her last night. He must have come in to clean up after the explosion and heard about what happened. Awfully sweet, don’t you think? I just wish we could set them up for real.”

      Ginny smiled at the memory of her last conversation with Donna. “You and me both, Shelby.”

      “We should move,” Colin said, touching the small of her back. She jumped away at his touch, then felt her cheeks grow warm. He’d only tried to direct her away from the circulation desk and toward the front door. “I realize this might sound counterintuitive, but we should head to the quad. You’ll need to tell me where it is, though. I’m not fully familiar with the campus yet.”

      Go to the place the letter writer wanted them? “Won’t we be walking into a trap?”

      “Trust me, please. Location?”

      Ginny felt like hoisting her bag and running in the exact opposite direction. Could she really trust him? He had been kicked out of the Secret Service, after all. Maybe he wasn’t as good as he claimed. But what other option did she have? “It’s like a square courtyard in the center of the main college buildings. Quadrilateral, so it has four main paths at the edges leading from the different buildings around it. You probably walk through it every day, several times. There’s a bench, a bulletin board for student announcements, some light posts and a trash can...”