Chapter 73

AIDEN

“One more…” I muttered to myself as I sunk yet another shot. I was frustrated and I had been trying to get away from it all that time.

I wasn't sure what it had been, but I was sure that frustration had been setting in ever since I sent that text to my mother, who hadn't gotten a reply in almost forever.

The close contact experience with Ellie also made me frustrated as I had been trying not to let it get to me. But it did get to me.

“Fuck!” I yelled out loud as I went over to where I had kept my phone to see if there had been some sort of reply from my mother.

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ELLIE

I had never thought that I would ever need to sneak out of the house for a man up until that moment. It felt like I was breaking some sort of unwritten rule somewhere.

But at the same time, I was keeping my eyes and ears open for any signs of Aiden anywhere close.

I could still hear the sound of his ball bouncing audibly, and it looked like he would be stuck there for a while. That gave me an open path to go