Thank goodness that Lou followed my instructions and sent it as fast as she could.

If it wasn't for the security guard and the lady at the food shop, I doubt I would still be alive.

They helped me out a lot by helping me get food and clothing so that I don't starve or stink.

So in order to thank them, I created Paypal accounts for them and sent some money from my account to theirs.

It took almost a week before I finally stepped foot back in America, back inside of the house that my grandma left me.

I almost kissed the dirt in happiness.

The first thing I did was pay the water and electric bill over the phone since it had been cut off due to inactivity of payments.

I now had everything I needed at my fingertips, and I appreciated everything much more than I did before.

My mood had changed drastically after that.

With a wide grin, I went through my cabinets and made myself some noodles.

The utility men had finished turning on the water now and as they climbed back into their vehicles to leave, I suddenly noticed a black van across the street that I had never seen before.

Weird.

My brows furrowed together.

When I looked out the front again, the van was still there and the windows were rolled down.

From the window, I saw a male turn and look towards my house.

Then, it clicked.

I was being monitored.

For sure, I knew it had to be the government.

They probably knew of my arrival the moment the plane landed from Kyrgyzstan.

d.a.m.n it.

I knew I locked all the doors already, but I quickly went around and made sure both doors were secured before turning off the lights.

I was kind of scared to leave the house now because who knows what they might do.

They obviously knew that I had been kidnapped by the werewolves and now returned.

I was afraid that they are going to take me back to the government facility to get information out of me for my experience with the werewolves.

Truthfully, I was terrified of the thought of them finding out that I was a Breeder.

Because I knew that I would be forced to become a specimen for their experimenting, just like I had experimented on the supernaturals' blood.

But I'm just curious as to why they didn't just take me when I stepped off of the airplane.

Why stalk outside of my house waiting like this?

Were they waiting to see if I kept any contact with the werewolves or something?

Suddenly, the doorbell went off and pulled me from my thoughts. My heart nearly stopped in my chest.

I was terrified to even look through the peephole, but the loud banging on the door and the sound of a certain someone's voice spurred me into action.

Why am I not surprised that she would show up?

"Emira! I know you are in there! You owe me money!" the old woman shouted loudly as if the entire neighborhood couldn't hear her already.

My eye twitched in irritation at this extremely dramatic woman.

The bowl of dry cereal in my hand was slowly dropped onto the counter when I dragged myself to the front door, glancing at her senile and annoyed face from the peephole while contemplating if I should open it or not.

The van was still parked in the front, closely watching Lou's interaction with my front door.

Truthfully, I have been holed in my house for almost 3 days now.

I was scared to leave because I knew that I could easily get s.n.a.t.c.hed up into that van if I'm not careful.

I would rather take my chances of starvation in the house.

But, nowadays, ordering food over the internet wasn't hard.

As long as I have enough money on my card to cover all my expenses, I can buy anything over the internet.

But my savings will probably go into my stomach before long.

Well, there goes my retirement.

Other than food, I had no way to contact anyone.