Chapter 8

Not that she needed to anyways.

She heard Haven sigh on the phone. ‘’Don’t overthink it. You won’t have to do much.’’

‘’Right,’’ she said. Of course she won’t have to do much. All she had to do was act her part. She did a bit of drama in high school, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

‘’I’ll come pick you up soon,’’ he said. ‘’I give you two hours.’’

She stared at the wall clock. That meant she had an hour to shower and get ready. 

She heard a click. She scoffed. What a dickhead. He hung up on her.

‘’So, where are you lovelies going?’’ Sam was back.

‘’A date,’’ Alexis deadpanned.

‘’How exciting!’’ Sam gleaned.

Alexis didn’t share in her glee. Exciting? Annoying and nerve wracking was more like it.

"At the very least, you will get free food," Sam said.

‘’That I won’t be able to stomach?’’ Alexis sighed. But Sam was right. At least she would get free food.

Alexis waved goodbye to Sam as she left the cafe shop and hopped into her beat up corolla. Her apartment was only a few minutes away, ten minutes or least, depending on how fast she drove. When she got home, she got out of her car and made her way up her apartment stairs. 

The building she lived in wasn’t a very decent place but it was cheap. She didn’t have many neighbors unless she counted the homeless men who came to drink everynight in one of the abandoned flats as one. How they managed to break in, she could never tell.

And she didn’t bother telling the landlord either, just in case the men decided to retaliate. She unlocked her door and walked in. The inside of her home was way better than the outside. With little furniture, a small kitchen, a bedroom with a bathroom she had scrubbed the life out of when she first moved in.

Kicking her shoes off by the door, she went into the bathroom to shower. After showering, she went into her bedroom to dry her hair and plan an outfit to wear. her life, she had always been a trouser person, never once owning a skirt or a gown. She knew she had to dress as fancy as she could. She dug into her closet, hoping to at least find something.All 

She didn’t.

‘’Well, this is bad,’’ She groaned. 

She didn’t have a single one! She searched again. There had to be something! Her cellphone rang, catching her attention.

‘’Are you ready?’’

‘’It’s not time yet.’’

‘’I’m right outside your home,’’ she heard him sigh. ‘’I’m beginning to think it’s the wrong place though.’’

Walking over to her window, she looked outside. Sure enough, there was a black BMW that put her car to shame outside. It was definitely him.

‘’Give me a few minutes,’’ she told him and hung up quickly. She pulled on a pair of jeans and threw on the first shirt she came across. When she checked the mirror in her room, she groaned again.

She really should have gotten those dresses when Sam asked her too.

After minutes of contemplating on what outfit to choose, Alexis decided to screw it and wear whatever she could. Throwing on a black jean and a blue tank top, she grabbed her jacket and walked out of her home. The stairs groaned as she descended them in her feet, her sneakers held in her hand. No wonder Haven thought this was the wrong place. He was probably confused by the crappy state of the building.

‘’Alexis dear, where are you running off to?’’ one of her neighbors asked, coming out of her house.

‘’I’ll tell you later!’’ she waved as she climbed down the last stairs. Once she was outside, she quickly put on her sneakers and moved to the black car, tapping on the tinted window. It rolled down and Haven appreared, looking confused.

‘’You live here?’’ Was the first thing he asked.

She rolled her eyes. ‘’Of course I live here. Got a problem with that?’’

His expression told her he had a lot of problems with that. Not that she cared anyway. It was her home. It was cheap and she loved it.

‘’Whatever, get in.’’ 

Her hand reached for the passenger door, when she halted. This was the first time they would be alone. She puffed out air before sliding in, shutting the door behind her. The inside of the car smelled like Haven’s cologne. It was a scen

t she found out she liked.

Maybe she could ask him for the name.