I was sleeping loosely in Gregory’s arms and thought I was dreaming
until I heard a noise in my room. I stirred but I heard it again. Forcing my
heavy eyelids open, I searched for the source of the sound. My phone was
vibrating wildly on my nightstand and I reached over to grab it. Who could be
calling me? The screen was too brightly lit for me to read who had dialed me so
I just answered.
“Hello?” My voice
was thick with sleep. I most likely sounded like a zombie.
“Don’t think that
this is over.” Suddenly I was wide awake like someone had splashed a bucket of
ice cold water on me. Her voice was too recognizable and could only belong to
one person: Amelia. “Wherever you are hiding, I will find you and I will ruin
you for what you have done.” I was still too stunned to speak. Even from a
phone call she could instill fear in my heart. I knew this wasn’t a dream. Not
even in my nightmares was her voice this chilling. “So listen here bitch, I
will do whatever it takes to get my father back. It’s your fault he is where he
is. I can’t even begin to tell you how much you will suffer for this. If only
you knew…”
I swallowed down
the lump in my throat and tried to keep my voice from shaking. “Please leave us
alone.” My voice was just barely above a whisper. What did she have planned?
How could I protect everybody if she threatened them?
She laughed
coldly. “Leave you alone? What pathetic world are you living in? You stole the
love of my life! You got my father arrested! You forced my mother and I to go
on the run! You think that you can just sit back and destroy my life while you
get to have Gregory and live your life? You are gravely mistaken.”
With shaking
fingers I ended the call and threw my phone on the floor, terrified. My
breathing was erratic and my heart thumped along at a quickened pace. I didn’t
feel safe anywhere anymore. Jumping out of bed, I flicked a lamp on and went
over to the dresser, taking handfuls of my clothes and dumping them onto the
floor. I ran to the closet and found my duffel bag to stuff my things into.
Tears welled in my eyes as I blindly shoved pieces of cotton clothes into my
bag; the faster I packed the quicker I could get away. Why was this my life
now? Why did I live in constant fear? I jumped when my phone started vibrating
violently again. I ignored it like it didn’t exist but it echoed in my head
until I heard it stop. She was probably capable of reaching through the phone
and strangling me to death.
I felt arms
encircle me and I screamed, not thinking of who it could be. “Livy, calm down.”
Gregory’s voice whispered worriedly into my ear and I buried my face in his
shirt, crying. “What’s wrong? Why are you so upset?” The two of us sat in a
pile of my clothes as he pulled my face back to see my eyes.
I
pointed to my phone that sat across the room on the floor. My shaking wouldn’t
stop. “Amelia called. She’s threatened to find me no matter what.” I was
completely distraught until a thought occurred to me…was she calling to say she
has one of my loved ones? Scrambling from Gregory’s arms, I crawled over to my
phone and quickly dialed my dad’s number. I didn’t care if it was the middle of
the night. Fear was the only thing I could feel.
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