After they bade each other goodbye outside the coffee shop, with James assuring Lyse that they would get to the bottom of her problem and that she did not have to worry too much. The two friends walked off in opposite directions into the busy street.
As she walked to her car which was at the end of the block, Lyse had an eerie sense that someone was following her. She turned around and Joel who had been walking behind her turned away at a newspaper stand just in time to avoid being caught by her.
He watched from the corner of his eye as she looked around and when she confirmed there was no one following her, she continued on her way.
Lyse told herself that she was just dealing with the trauma from being stalked recently.
