34 // Tick Tock

'Tick tock.'

She stared at the message for the longest time until her eyes burnt from the bright screen.

She thought he would have forgotten about it or changed his mind by now, but now it was clear that Kyle meant business.

She did not understand where this sudden change in behaviour was coming from, the sweet Kyle Davids she knew was gone.

Sne could not focus at work, she left early and went to her parents' house. She did not even know how she was going to break the news to them; how was she supposed to tell them that she planned to kill someone but almost ended up killing her husband instead?

Her mother would have a fit, and her father would probably disown her. She was more scared of her mother, she had always been; she never listened to anything anyone had to say, she reacted quickly and would never admit her mistakes later even after learning the full truth.

Her father on the other hand was a lot stricter on th