Despite Ivy's warning, I still picked the call. I wanted to know why she portrayed Fred as an evil person.
“Hello Babe, I had been trying to reach you since the last time,” Fred said from the other side of the call.
I stayed silent, unsure if I should be speaking to him.
“You know I actually pulled some strings to get you hired at your dream art gallery. Have you received the mail yet?”
“I have,” I said in response.
“Alright babe, I got to go. Take care of yourself.” With that last statement, he ended the call.
That was Bella's boyfriend, and I didn't know the dynamics of their relationship. I had barely seen anything about him in Bella's diary. Did he know the type of work his girlfriend did as a stripper, and was he comfortable with it?
Ivy had warned me that he was bad news, but
