Chapter 53

Emily woke up the following morning to the sound of her phone ringing. Loudly.

She rubbed her eyes sleepily as she reached for her phone that seemed to have no intention on going silent, the only thing on her mind being how to turn the phone off. With the phone finally in her hands, she opened her eyes slightly and just as she was about to turn it off, her eyes caught the sight of Giovanni’s caller ID.

“Giovanni?” Her eyes immediately widened followed by her quickly sitting up. “Why is he calling so early?”

Her eyes travelled to the time, the wall clock reading a couple minutes past seven. It was still early. Way too early for anything that wasn’t-

“Shit, it’s today!” She jumped off her bed, remembering she was supposed to leave the country with Giovanni that morning. Though he didn’t give much details on it the previous night, she should have known better than to oversleep especially when her things weren’t packed yet. “Crap, should I pick up his call?”

She had five missed call