Eighty Eight

RICKY

I roughly searched through her wardrobe for the necklace. I threw her clothes out of the wardrobe while finding the necklace.

“Ricky! What are you doing? Stop what you’re doing at once. You won’t find anything there!” Laura screamed.

I ignored her constant shouting and kept on searching for the necklace.

“You’re making a mess in my room. You won’t—”

“I found it!” I shouted as I brought out the necklace from her wardrobe and held it before me. I found it. What were you saying, Laura?”

“I—uh, I was—”

“You said I wouldn’t find it,Laura,” I whispered as I walked towards her and she walked back, avoiding me.

“You know what this means right?”

“What does it mean?”

She asked as she hit her back on the wall. I leaned over her, placing my right hand on the wall while grabbing her waist with my left.

“It can only mean that you still have feelings for me but clearly, you’re trying to hide them,” I said while looking into her eyes.

“I don’t have—I didn’t put it there,” she stuttered. “Uhm,