35: Not paying you to judge

"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."

~Voltaire

"Excuse me," I tell Joey and Elizabeth and I am about to head towards where Keffi stands with her hand rubbing Eli's arm in a flirty manner when my phone begins to ring in my purse and I quickly take it out and glancing at the caller ID I realise it is Anna. I sigh and make my way out to the guest bathroom where there is privacy to answer the call.

When I get there I answer the call and place it to my ear once in the bathroom.

"Hello, Anna."

The call ends almost immediately and after waiting for a callback and not getting one, I dial back and place the phone to my ear while it rings. After its third ring, the call is picked up but instead of Anna's voice, a masculine voice comes through.

"Hello, who's this?"

"I need to speak to Anna, s