Chapter 15 - Friend in need part 2

Alec POV

My heart rate is higher than normal, but to be honest I haven’t been running as much lately, and yesterday I had too much to drink. I look at the speed on the treadmill and I smile, I picked up the speed, but I am already feeling tired after only two miles, usually I only feel like this after four. Shit. I have really been neglecting my training. My phone rings announcing there’s a text message. I stop running and grab my phone. Automatically I feel my blood boiling when I read the message from Aimee saying she can’t meet me today. Who the fuck does she think she is to blow me off like this?

I sit on the workout bench taking a deep breath and typing back asking her what emergency. Why is she blowing me off? What could be so important? Shit, her mum? Her sister? Are they back? She is not replaying and I feel my heart beating faster than it was before, adrenaline pumping through my body. I rush to the bathroom where I have the fastest shower ev