Chapter 49.

NICOLE.

I sit on the edge of the bed, staring at myself in the mirror in front of me. My heart is heavy after Jason's outburst about what I did last night… But what did he expect when he barely looks my way.

Besides, why isn't Jason trying to work things out like he had said?

‘If you ever try something like that ever again, you will regret it…’ His words ring hollow in my mind, each promise slipping through my fingers like sand.

He’s colder every day, pulling further away, and no matter how hard I cling, I can’t stop it. Why aren't I enough for him? I feel tears sting my eyes again, but I quickly swipe them away because I'm tired of crying.

Suddenly my phone buzzes loudly beside me. It's an unknown number and I almost ignore it, too drained to deal with some random caller, but my fingers move on their own, and I answer.

“Hello?” My voice is still shaky, betraying my earlier tears.

There’s a brief pause, then a woman’s voice, calm and unsettlingly answers. “Luna Nicole? Call me