"Why?" Matthew asked suspiciously.

Victoria hesitated. It sounded like Matthew was asking her to tell him something. Why else would she have mentioned wanting to spend the day at home? But she had already promised that she would talk to him today.

Perhaps there was something else he needed to know?

"They want to discuss some legal matters with me," she explained. "I'll call you tomorrow to fill you in," she said, hoping that would be the end of it.

"Okay," Matthew agreed. "Well, good luck on that tomorrow," he told her before ending the call.

Glancing around his apartment, he noticed that everything seemed fairly normal. It looked like...