His scent...

Chapter 29

My heart kept racing as I stared at my phone.

I kept asking myself questions that I already knew the answers to. It was the second time the phone rang and Elliot appeared on my screen. At first, I thought it was a dream, a dream I didn't want to be in. It was so bad that my phone went off and it rang again. I was getting tired of listening to my phone ring because I knew that it wasn't going to end. He was going to call until I ended up picking it up anyway, so it was inevitable. I sliced the answer button and kept quiet.

"Zora, are you there?" I exhaled. I was mentally screaming in my head.

Why does it have to be this way? Why do I make steps to get past this and somehow I am being dragged to this same place that ruined me? I didn't know how to begin so I decided inwardly to feign.

"Good morning Mr. Garrett."

I heard him sigh until he spoke again. "You don't have to be formal with me Zora, you know this?"

"I didn't think you were disrespecting people. Is it a crime