You Can Run But...
When it ended, everything went silent, and then, after five minutes, it began to ring again.
I sighed out my frustrations and stood up on my feet. With a towel wrapped around me, I trod barefooted out of the room, water trailing down my sore body.
I managed to meet the phone before the ring ended, and I raised the phone to my ears.
"Hello," I said, waiting and hoping it was Amara.
It wasn't Amara.
"Buon pomeriggio bonbon," Axel's icy tone cut through the phone.
My words stuck in my throat, and my body began to shake of its own accord. His next words gave me chills.