56. MY SAFE SPACE

Lena's phone beeped for the third time that morning. She rolled on the bed, stretching her hand to pick up the call. She wondered who was calling her. Without confirming who the caller was, she swiped the screen of her phone and pressed the phone to her ear.

"Where the fuck did you keep your phone?" Lisa screeched in her ears, almost deafening her eardrums.

"Lisa, I was sleeping." Lena groaned. "Stop yelling, why are you calling this morning? Did you have a dream about one of your fictional characters again?" She sat up, yanking the duvet off her body. Darian was not on the bed, she scanned the room to check if she could see him around, but he wasn't there.

"Guess what?" Lisa yelled again from the other side.

"What is that? You've got a boyfriend? Or did your fictional character enter the real world?"

"Try hard, I won't tell you." Lisa laughed.

Lena hissed, she wondered who calls someone very early in the morning only for them to play a guessing game with them. "I can't try harder, t