Emily's Birthday Party - 1

-Corrine-

“Is he picking up?”

“No.” Eva lowered the phone from her ear and stared at the screen. “This is weird. Usually, he always answers my calls.”

I tried calling him a few hours ago, then I thought maybe Andrew didn’t answer my call because he didn’t recognize my phone number. That’s why I asked Eva to call him. And the result was the same.

“Did something happen to him?” I asked, worried.

Did he get into a fight or have an accident during the race?

“I’ll try to call him back later,” Eva said. “You can try texting him. He’ll definitely reply, and probably call you, after reading your message.”

I did what Eva told me to do.

But a day passed and there was no reply from him.

Was it like Melanie said? That he dumped me after getting what he wanted?

The suspicion couldn’t escape my mind, far outweighing my anxiety about his safety. It didn’t rule out the possibility that he was going through something, but I almost eliminated that possibility in favor of the former.

And I hated myself