Seventeen

                    ~Adam~

I hissed at the automated voice that kept saying; the number that you're trying to call is currently switched off or out of coverage. I've heard that same line for at least a hundred times in the last 20 hours. That was mom's number and even though Aunty had told me not to call her, I kept trying, hoping that I'd at least get lucky and that she'd pick my call.

That was hopeless and pointless because no matter how many times I called her, it was going to keep saying switched off. This wasn't the first time something like this would happen and until she called me herself or they return home, there was no way I could see her or hear her voice.

But that still did not deter me from trying.

Eventually, I gave up, throwing my phone angrily against the wall. It hit the wall before landing on the floor and