PETE
The moment my phone lit up with Hayley’s name, I knew it was trouble. I rolled my eyes, already tired of whatever nonsense she had planned this time. She can only be here for only one reason, and I was not ready for that. Without even opening the message, I locked my phone and tossed it onto the coffee table. I wasn’t in the mood for her games, but Hayley was persistent.
The phone vibrated again. It was another message.
‘Pete, it’s very important.’ Then again I ignored it. If it was important, as she had claimed, she would have come running to the clinic.
While I was still unknotting my tie, her call came in. I clenched my jaw and let it ring out, but Hayley doesn’t quit, does she?
Another call.
And another.
The ringing felt like a drill against my skull. I exhaled sharply, pu
