CHAPTER SIXTEEN

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The next day.

Freya went to the corner before finally answering the phone which had been ringing none stop.

"Why weren't you picking?." Xander questioned immediately. Freya rolled.

"Do you want Ericka to find out that her best friend is actually talking to the man who made her cry?."

There was a moment of silence. Xander's low voice rang from the other end.

"...No"

"Exactly. That's why I needed to go to a safe place before picking your call. Do you understand now?."

She said and Xander let out sigh from the other end. "Yeah. I was just a little nervous you might back out at the last minute."

Freya also sighed.

"...Ericka means a lot to me as she does to you and don't think i've forgiven you fully. I just want to see Ricka happy. I know she won't admit it, but she really misses you."

'Maybe that's why she engrosses herself in that tv show, to forget about everything.' She thought within her.

Ericka who had just woken up sluggishly made her way towards the kitchen before downing a p