THIRTY NINE

KAREN

I couldn't sleep throughout the night until early morning, around four, before I slept. The woman, Laura, was a very vicious woman and, at the point of a gun, she asked me to divorce Devon, or else I'd face the consequences.

She had tortured me by forcing my head inside a huge drum filled with water. It felt like I was drowning in the deep ocean as I held my breath tightly.

When I woke up, it was nine o'clock. I was surprised that I slept that long. I checked my phone and saw that I had lots of missed calls. Alice called me three times, and Diana called me once.

I decided to call Diana first and tell her that I wouldn't be coming in early today. I wasn't even sure whether I would come at all. After calling her, I called Alice next.

"What's up, Keira? Why didn't you pick your calls? Are you trying to anger me?" She said fiercely.

I laughed. "No, it's not that. I overslept; I didn't hear the phone ringing." I explained.<