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Chapter 8
Hayley
I have been living my life in the shadows for awhile now. It’s still a struggle to forget all the hurt I’ve felt from past betrayals. It feels like everything bad that could happen, happens when you let down your guard and choose to be happy, or at least that’s been my experience. So why am I agreeing to gran?
Why am I feeling a little excited about this? Like life is giving me a second chance.
I'm still lost in my thoughts when my phone begins to vibrate and Ava Max “On me" starts playing. I stare at the screen a little blankly not recognising the number. I'm about to put the phone back down when gran exclaims "What are you doing, answer it. It’s probably Xander! I gave him your number this morning”.
“What??? No. No way!”, I say throwing the phone on the table. This is all happening way too fast.
Grandma Helen promptly presses answer and puts the call on loudspeaker befo
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