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reached the last landing, Xavier's phone went off. He held up a finger. “Just one minute, I gotta take this.”
    “No problem. I'll go set my stuff inside.”
    He nodded his consent and she went ahead. Yuki was just putting her key in the lock when a shadow moved at the edge of her vision.
    She gasped and jumped nearly a mile in the air, but was relieved to see it was just the landlord. She had the occasional run in with him and he seemed like a nice enough man.
    “Oh hey Chris, what's going on?”
    “Hey Yuki.” He said. Something about his demeanor sent warning bells off in her head. That had been happening way too much lately. “Look, there's no easy way to say this, but I'm going to need you out by the end of the month.”
    “What!? Why?”
    “There have been complaints about your cat-”
    “What complaints? Why was I not notified of this before? He's a house cat! You can't just kick me out without giving me any sort of warning! And no thirty day notice?”
    He paled, as if he hadn't expected her to know her rights as a tenant. “Look, it's just not working out. You need to leave.”
    “No, no I won't. Not until you go through the proper channels of the lease we
both
signed when we moved in. I have done nothing wrong! Why...why are you doing...” She trailed off as an idea struck her. But no, it couldn't be. There was no chance....was there? Could he really have such far reaching strings? “
He
put you up to this, didn't he? He told you to kick me out?”
    “I-I don't know what you're talking about.”
    “What's going on here?”
    Yuki turned to Detective White, adrenaline pumping through her yet again. “He's trying to kick me out.”
    “What, why?”
    “It's Buck,” She panted, voice desperate. “He's found me and he's trying to ruin everything. He wants to force me out of my home. He's trying to scare me into silence.”
    “I don't know what you're talkin-”
    “
Shut up!
” She snapped. “I won't! I won't go! He does not control me!”
    “Look here,” The Detective snapped, stepping forward and grabbing my landlord's collar. “You will get out of here and forget this ever happened. And you hassle her anymore and I'll see you have your property license removed.”
    The man sped off as fast as humanly possible and Yuki felt a small bit of satisfaction. Maybe it would take years to get justice from her actual attackers, but taking down one of their cronies felt pretty damn good.
    “Would you like me to go inside, look around?”

“No, no I think I'm good. We'll talk later.”
    “Alright. And don't forget your follow up appointments at the hospital. And it might help to see a support group. You've been through a lot, Yuki. You don't have to go through the rest of it alone.”
    “I thought you were my Detective, not my mother.”
    “Humor to cover vulnerability. Classic type A. Where is your mother, by the way?”
    “Dead. She passed away from cancer when I was in middle school. Made me that much more determined to be a doctor.”
    “And your father?”
    “Car accident. Two years ago.”
    “Do you have anyone you can talk to?”
    “I'll be fine. I’ve got Buster” She walked into her place and turned to shut the door. “Oh, and Detective White?”
    “Yes?”
    “Thanks.”
    “You're welcome.” He murmured before heading down the stairs.
    Yuki shut the door and collapsed onto her futon. Her cat, the old fat creamsicle that he was, stirred from his slumber and cuddled up to her side, purring soothingly.
    This day was the worst it could get. Tomorrow would be at least a little better. And then the day after that.
    She would get through this. She had to.
    The good guys always win.
    ...right?
    *
    Anyone can be sexually assaulted. Studies show that survivors include infants to people in their 80’s, people with disabilities, and persons from every racial, ethnic, religious, economic and social background.
    Yuki's days were beginning to blend into an uninterrupted stream of depression