Chapter 160

“Hello, Chad?” I say hopefully into the phone, expecting him to speak.

“Hi, Jen,” Another voice startles me mildly but I recognize it in a heartbeat, it’s Naomi.

“Hello, Noami,” I reply to her after sighing. I still have not forgiven her for how much she has affected my life and everything around me, but let’s face it, my life was not a fairy tale before she kidnapped Jake, so it’d be best to give her the benefit of the doubt.

“You don’t sound like you are going to chew my head off,” She says and I chuckle.

“Yeah, you got a point,” I say in a breathy way.

“I know you called to talk to Chad, but he is not here. He went to the store a couple of minutes ago and left his phone,” Naomi informs me, and I nod as if she can see me.

“But we could talk until he comes back…” She suggests tentatively and I laugh. Is she being serious? She does not like me and I don’t like her also, we just tolerate each other because of Chad. But I guess we could try to talk and see where it leads.

“Sure,” I agre