SIXTY THREE

2120 Words

Alex. I have to call Alex. Immediately, I pulled my phone back from my pocket and dialled his number. Maybe I’m just being paranoid, maybe he came early to surprise me, or maybe it wasn’t Alex upstairs at all. I was well aware of my mother’s capability of breaking into my house whenever she felt like it. Had she come tonight? Was she here to hurt me? “Only too eager to hear my voice?” Alex laughed as he answered, only now I wasn’t in the mood for jokes. “Are you here?” I blurted out in a hushed whisper, not wanting whoever was upstairs to hear me. I’m probably just being crazy, please say he’s just surprising me and came early. “Al, I literally just said 20 minutes, I’ll be there soon,” he reminded me, and a chill ran through my spine. Whoever was upstairs, wasn’t him. My dad’s not ho

Free reading for new users
Scan code to download app
Facebookexpand_more
  • author-avatar
    Writer
  • chap_listContents
  • likeADD