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Alafia
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I tiptoed into the dimly lit bedroom, not wanting to wake Alexi. However, my efforts proved futile as my eyes trailed to the bed to find him looking at me.
"What's wrong?" he asked, his voice raspy as I made my way to bed. He noticed the frown on my face, and I told him I was worried about Gyda. He asked why, pulling me into his embrace as I entered the sheets, and I told him how I was talking to her— next, I heard a thud that sounded like the phone connecting with the rug, and then there was nothing.
He said maybe she was sleepy, and the phone fell, and Gyda did sound like she was still drunk, making me feel even more guilty as I wondered if she stayed up all night waiting for me. I told Alexi that, narrowing my eyes at him as I added that she probably
