Chapter Twenty Two

Nicole;

I'm not able to reach Ray until two days later. His phone number finally goes through and his sugary voice flits to me as he picks up the phone.

"Nicole. What a……".

"Where are you?". I ask coldly. There's a slight hesitation on the line before he replies me.

"Just somewhere. What? Would you like me to come over to your place?". I can hear the silent insinuation in his voice. I glance around at my surroundings. I'm not at my place. In fact, I haven't even slept there for the past three days. I sigh softly and turn back to him on the phone.

"I'm at work".

"Work? It's 9pm. On a Sunday!!!!!".

"Are you……"

"I'll be there in 15". He says and the line goes dead. I glare at the phone in irritation before dropping it. It's true that I have refused to sleep at my place. On that Friday night two days ago that I had the altercation with Alex, I had attempted to go back. But the sense of unease grew with more time that I spent there, so much that I was forced to grab my car keys again and