FIFTY NINE

We cancelled our trip and returned the next day, though we did experience issues with our flight booking, but everything went smoothly in the end. A couple of days later, things with Seth seem to have started off greatly. I don’t know for how long we can keep this up, but sincerely, I was scared.

My phone vibrated a couple of times while it rested next to my lamp on the table close to my bed. It was already late in the night, and I needed to get ready to see Patricia today as we already had plans made, so I ignored the vibrating noise as I dismissed it as probably Brianna texting or just random notifications.

Well, it seems ignoring didn’t help, as all of a sudden, my phone rang out, and I quickly grabbed it to reduce the volume so as not to wake Michael up.

And would you look at that?

“Hello,” I said in a hush, lowering my head as if I were hiding from someone.

“Were you asleep?” Seth asked almost immediately.

“No, I was about to before you called,” I replied.

“Did you see my message