Cassie lay down on the bed and scrolled through all the missed calls from Brian. He’d left twenty-seven messages and she was getting a notification that her mailbox was full. Damn, he was persistent, but she really couldn’t face hearing his voice right now. She knew if she did then she would cave and she promised herself that she wouldn’t let another guy treat her like crap.
Except that Brian hadn’t really…oh forget it. She closed her eyes and willed herself to sleep.
It was like déjà vu. Her mother was again waking her up by shaking her.
“Cassie, there’s a phone call for you,” her mother said.
“I don’t want to talk to him,” Cassie mumbled rolling over and burying her head in the pillows.
“Um, I don’t know who you mean, but I think you need to speak with Ellen,” her mother said nervou
