50

PERCIE

“So, how did it go?” Hailey asked over the phone. I’d been watching her window from the street where I parked my car. The lights were still on. 

“You should have seen their faces.” I was not proud of what I did, of how I left. Everything didn’t go as I planned, the moment my mother did not even show a little remorse to me.

“It didn’t go well, I see.” There was sadness in the tone of her voice.

I sighed. 

“I take that as a yes.”

“Can I see you?”

“Percie—”

“All you have to do is walk out of your house, Lee. I wanna see you.” I wanted to see her. I wanted to get rid of this unsettling emotion in the pit of my stomach. I knew only Hailey could help me.

“Wait a sec.” She must be studying. The surprise in her voice made my heart flutter. Then her shadow appeared on the curtain of her room. “You’re here.”

“Yup. Can I come? Or up to you, you come down. I just wanna talk to you.” I