Chapter Twenty-Four

"Hello, Alex?" asked Lucas hesitantly into the phone, when at last someone picked up his call. He hadn't expected Alexander to ever attend to his call but he tried despite the knowledge. He wanted to make amends for the grave crime that he had committed five years back. 

There was silence on the other end and the steady, heavy breathing confirmed that someone was listening to what he had to say.

"I'm sorry for everything I ever said to you, dude. It was on the spur of the moment and I didn't mean a thing. I was just angry. I know that words once uttered can never be undone but I really wish I could. When I cooled down, I repented every second for the last five years for everything that I said to you that night. I wanted to apologize. I called you many times since then. Believe me, Alex, I haven't had any best friends since the day you left. But now I think