<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/DtbW8aA.jpg)</div><br/>Piper Bradley shielded her eyes from the bright sun and glanced at her phone.  Scrolling through the text messages to be sure she had the right address. “this is it” she murmured to herself, looking around to confirm that she was indeed in the right place.   The message was just typical of Cal,<em>1257 Maple St.  Get your ass over here</em>an address with a demand to come visit the new place this week.  She had tried to call him, but he hadn't answered.  She did have some measure of trust in his demands.  They usually lead to interesting escapades of all sorts. This however, was not what she was expecting at all.<br/><br/>The building itself was nondescript, brick and two story.  On the edge of downtown in a affluent section.  Having some knowledge of his business idea, she wasn't quite sure this location was going to work out at all.  Not to mention, the building currently looked uninhabited.  Since this was apparently the correct address, she shrugged, tossed her phone back into her bag and grabbed the door to step inside out of the sunshine.<br/><br/>The lobby of the office building was empty, confirming her initial assessment. Just a simple desk and a phone off to one side, waiting for someone, anyone to take up residence. Even a potted plant of some sort would be a welcome addition to this stark space.  There was a metal sign behind the desk proudly displaying a logo that looked to be an abstract starburst of some sort.  All shiny with the words F*cking Books barely discernible, but embedded in the grey design, if one knew what to look for.<br/><br/>“Hello?” she called out softly, then realizing that it would have been nearly impossible for anyone to hear her, she called out again louder this time. “Hello!? ......Cal are you here?” she stepped into the building a bit more, her heels sounding exceptionally loud on the tile floor of the empty lobby area.  He had said he would be here, and this was obviously the right place, given the sign.  So where the hell was he?