Chapter 56

Jessica kept glancing at the door, hoping it would open at some point, and Justin would walk through it. There was absolute silence around her, except for the constant ticking of the clock. Jessica waited and waited and waited, but there was no Justin.

"He is probably just running a little late; he will be back eventually," Jessica consoled herself. She heaved a sigh and placed her head on the table. She was exhausted from everything that had happened that day. Slowly, she drifted to sleep.

"No!! No!!" Jessica screamed as she jerked up from her sleep, looking around frantically and standing from her chair. The force with which she stood up caused the chair to fall backward. She had just had a nightmare.

In it, Justin's car collided with an incoming trailer and got crushed in the process. Both Justin and Kelvin had died. Jessica wiped the sweat that trickled down her forehead as she picked up her phone from the table. Even though she had obtained Justin's direct phone number a week ago