I left the hospital eight days after coming back from the dead. Apparently resurrection did not exempt me from discharge paperwork. Rebecca had arranged a car. No Ashford driver. No family security. No one waiting with flowers. Perfect. I made it as far as the hos

My apartment had one bedroom, one bathroom, and no locked doors. That made it the nicest place I had lived in since entering this world. Rebecca had chosen it because the building had good security without employing anyone connected to Ashford Holdings. I approved.

The next morning, I woke up before the System did. That felt important. For several minutes, nothing happened. No alarm. No mission window. No one knocking on the door. I lay under my own blanket and listened to traffic six floors below. Then the System appeared.

[Good