It had been exactly a week and one day since she left and she had expected him to reach out the minute the week had gone by, he surprised her with the one day.
She had just returned to Anna's house after having coffee with Aiken when her phone rang. She had been alone in the house, Anna at work. She had checked the caller ID, heart pounding when she realized who it was. A cold sweat broke out over her skin as she sat heavily on the living room couch, phone held tightly in her hand.
She hadn't answered the first call. She had just watched as the phone lit blue and buzzed against her palm his name displayed across the screen.
She was afraid, but she didn't know why. He couldn't hurt her here at Anna's. His phone call was no threat to her.
He hadn't tried to contact her the whole week the
