Episode 17

I stared at my empty phone. I sat opposite it and spoke to it like I would a friend. Of course, it didn’t reply back, what was I thinking? Every beep and every slightest sound the phone would make made me jump up and open the phone in anticipation.

What was I anticipating you may ask? I left Rick dozens and dozens of calls he was supposed to have returned but he didn’t return any. I even told him I was on the verge of dying but he still ignored me. How heartless could he be? Or maybe he knew I was definitely lying.

Somebody tell me why I was sitting there and anticipating a call from somebody I knew wasn’t going to call me back. Speak of boredom.

“Jane we’re going to be late!” My sister often yelled at my door just to get me to come out and go to the counselor. Oh, how I despised going to meet her. My mother never failed to meet her every month to update her on our life and get the best advice from her. She started doing that ever since my father died.

She noticed she started making