For a few seconds, silence was the loudest sound in the room.
Then came the loud steps from his boots hitting the concrete floor. In four big steps, he had crossed the room over to where Aria was crouched down by the couch. He grabbed the phone from where it fallen on the ground, reading the caller ID.
Damian, it read.
He scoffed. He had thought she was calling the cops but she had one chance and she used it to call Damian? The thought alone made him boil with anger.
"Hello? Aria....are you there? Aria..."
On hearing Damian's voice on the other line, Ethan threw the phone on the concrete ground. Hard. Smashing it into pieces. The action making Aria scream.
“You called him,” he said. He didn't yell...it was worse. Calm. Too calm. “You actually called him.”
Aria’s heart fell to her s
