Chapter 17

Lena

My phone rang early in the morning, waking me up abruptly. I groaned and reached for it from my bag on the front seat. I yawned and said "Hello" only to be greeted by an anxious Aaron informing me that my shift was cancelled for today because of something that I couldn't be bothered to hear nor to ask for an explanation, it was fine.

So, today I decided to go to all the places I was afraid to go. I cleaned myself at the gas station's bathroom, no creepy guy around today. Then I ate some lunch at that Korean convenient store I like, no creepy guy there either. And after I overcame all my fears I went to the park. I sat on the same bench, even though an elderly couple was occupying it, I sat at the edge.

The book was so interesting that I couldn't put it down. I was almost out of coffee, and I didn't have the will to stop reading even for five minutes.

My phone rang and I blindly searched my bag, while my eyes were fixated on the pages in front of me.

I accepted the cal