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Seven Days Before The Apocalypse They're coming home
Chapter 8 — They're coming home It was afternoon, and the house was completely quiet. I was the only one there. I sat on the sofa with my laptop resting on my knees, watching the security camera feeds. The front driveway was empty. I checked the time. 2:17 p.m. Then my phone rang. I glanced at the screen. It was Nathan again. I answered this time. “What?” There was silence on the other end before he finally spoke. “Olivia.” His tone was controlled. “I've been calling you all morning.” “I know.” I heard him scoff. “Why haven't you answered my calls?” “I've been busy.” “Busy doing what?” I leaned back against the sofa. “Living my life.” He went quiet for a moment before letting out a bitter laugh. “What has gotten into you, Olivia?” “What do you mean?” “You've never behaved like this before. You even blocked my other number.” “Nathan, I'm not interested in having this conversation.” “Then what exactly are we supposed to do when we get home?” I glanced at the
Seven Days Before The Apocalypse The Morning After
Chapter 7- The morning after “Watch me.” I left Ryan standing there with those two words. I didn't wait for his response. I picked up my clutch, walked toward the door, and left the hotel room without looking back. The moment the elevator doors closed, I let out a slow breath. I had expected to feel guilty. I didn't. After everything I had been through, I couldn't bring myself to care anymore. Yesterday, I had only seen Ryan as an annoying man who somehow knew too much about Nathan. But after our conversation and the way he kept revealing things about Nathan, I had started looking at him differently. Ryan could be useful. Very useful. I still didn't trust him. Not even close. But I didn't need to trust him yet. I only needed to know how to use the information he had. A small smirk formed on my lips. I stepped out of the hotel and into the morning air. New York was already awake. Cars moved along the streets. People hurried past me with coffee cups in their hands. A ma
Seven Days Before The Apocalypse The Night with Ryan
Chapter 6 – The Night With RyanRyan was quiet for a long time after the second pair of bottles arrived. Not the kind of quiet that comes from having nothing to say. The kind that comes from a man rearranging everything he thought he knew about a woman and realizing none of it was true.I watched him put the pieces together. His eyes kept drifting to my wrists, where the diamond bracelets caught the low candlelight every time I moved. Then to the gown, the way it fit me like it had been sewn onto my body. Then to the four bottles on the table, each one worth more than most people's rent for a year. I could almost hear the gears turning inside his skull."Nathan told me you clipped coupons." His voice came out softer now, the smooth confidence from earlier replaced with something closer to disbelief. His jaw was slightly open and his eyes kept blinking like he was trying to wake up from something."I did. For eleven years.""And now you're sitting here spending more in one night than m
Seven Days Before The Apocalypse The Husband's Friend
Chapter 5 – The Husband's FriendI was halfway through my second glass when a voice I hadn't heard in years cut through the music."Olivia? Olivia Bennett?"I looked up. A man was standing at the edge of my booth, tall, sandy brown hair pushed back, wearing a blazer over a T shirt that probably cost more than it looked. It took me a second to place him, then the name clicked. Ryan Walsh. One of Nathan's college friends. They played basketball together on weekends and went out drinking once a month. I hadn't seen him in over a year, maybe longer.He was staring at me like he was looking at a ghost."It's me, Ryan. Nathan's buddy. We met at that Fourth of July thing a couple years ago, remember? At your place?""I remember." I kept my voice even, not cold but not warm either. Just neutral enough to make him work for whatever he came over here to get. "Sit down if you want."He slid into the booth across from me and his eyes moved across the table. The two bottles of wine. The platinum c
Seven Days Before The Apocalypse The Bar
Chapter 4 – The BarOn the beach, Nathan was already trying to calm Margaret down."She's just throwing a tantrum," he kept saying, pacing back and forth on the sand with his phone pressed against his ear, trying my number over and over and getting nothing. "She does this. She gets emotional and says things she doesn't mean. By the time we land she'll be crying and apologizing. Trust me."Margaret wasn't convinced. Her lips were pressed into a thin white line and her eyes were narrow and hard. "That girl has never spoken to me like that. Not once. Something is wrong."Lucas sat on a beach towel a few feet away, scrolling through his tablet, completely unbothered. "Can we still go to the water park tomorrow? I don't want to leave early because of her.""We're not leaving early," Nathan told him, his voice tight. "She'll come around."Derek was twenty yards down the beach, shirtless, trying to impress two college girls with a story about his car that he didn't actually own. He hadn't ev
Seven Days Before The Apocalypse The Body Upgrade
Chapter 3 – The Body UpgradeThe jewelry store smelled like money.Cold air, soft lighting, everything behind glass that cost more than most people made in a lifetime. I walked in wearing that red gown and the two women behind the counter looked at me like I had just stepped off a runway. Funny how clothes change the way people treat you. Yesterday I could have walked in here in my Target jeans and they would have pointed me toward the exit."I'm looking for something special," I told the woman closest to me. She had silver hair pinned up tight and reading glasses hanging from a chain around her neck. "Bracelets. Diamonds. The best you have."Her eyes lit up. She reached below the counter and pulled out a velvet tray with six pieces on it, each one catching the light like a small fire."These are our current collection. The pair on the far left is our most exclusive set. Natural diamonds, platinum band, handcrafted in Switzerland. One point two million for the pair."I picked them up.
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