Not Always There When You Call Novels & Stories

NICOLAS… It has been weeks and Annalise hasn’t rung me back and hasn’t even tried to come into work from what Thalia has said she hasn’t been meeting her for lunch or answering any of her calls either and when she rings Alpha Remington, he just says that she is busy and will return her call when she becomes available.

Apparently everyone in Europe just puts up with the weather like neanderthals. I refresh my phone. Still nothing. I’ve been anxiously refreshing my phone every twenty minutes since my arrival. Expecting the worst, while simultaneously praying someone would just reach out and make contact. Notice that I’m gone at the very least. Nathanial hasn’t called. My mother hasn’t called. Chase hasn’t called. In spite of the fact that I know Natasha’s being a bitch. There’s a cool, terrible silence at the other end of every channel I have.

The plastic felt insignificant. Meaningless. Yet he couldn't seem to put it down. Finally, he grabbed his phone. Opened his contacts. Pressed call. The line rang. Once. Twice. Three times. Then voicemail. He ended the call immediately. Dialed again. Straight to voicemail. His expression darkened. That wasn't like Evelyn. She answered. Always. At midnight. At dawn. During vacations. During illnesses. During emergencies. She answered. Another call. Another voicemail.

The number you're trying to reach is not available at the moment. What's actually wrong? It's almost 12 p.m. yet she’s not responding. How do I reach out to her? I realized with a sudden, sharp fear that I have never been away from her like this for the past 10 years. She’s always been the background noise of my life. What do I do now?

Now we just have to get to Diana before the world ends. I pull out my phone and start dialing her number as Alec hands me back my wrist watch. ***The person you are trying to reach is not available. Please leave a message after the tone*** The call disconnects and my phone screen goes blank. “Of course!” I grunt, stomping down the stairs. “I forgot the goddamn network in this place stays on a permanent vacation.”

Where the hell is he that he is not picking up my calls when I need him the most now? 'Someone is following me, Alex. Please come to the T&B park, please' I type the message in my phone and click on the send icon, praying fervently that he sees the message and come to my rescue, but I feel my hope shattered when the message bounced back and tells me that he is not available.

Caspian always answers when I call, so I didn't think anything of Him not being here when I came down for the first meal of the day, breakfast. When I reached my room, I went straight for my phone. I picked it up and used speed dial to call Him. That was odd, I thought to myself. The phone didn't even ring and went straight to voicemail. Let me try that again as that is not something that ever happens. Well, unless He is passing through the lower lands. However, He was supposed to be in a hilltop area, not in the lower lands. So there should be nothing wrong with the signal. I tried to call Him once more and the same thing happened, the call when straight to voicemail. Something didn't seem

I tuck the phone back into the pocket of my high-waist office pants, adjust my black and red graduation gown along with the hat, and with one last look at the empty gates, turn around to head back to the Conference Hall. William is coming towards me, waving me over. “Any luck?” He asks when I reach him, taking my hand in his and giving it a small, supportive squeeze. I shake my head. “She’s still not picking up. And not here.” I reply, throwing a glance over my shoulder and praying I’ll see the usual black Jeep barrel through the gates. Nothing. “This is so unusual of her.” I add, worried. “Maybe they got stuck in traffic or something. There’s usually bad service after it rains here.” Willia

"THE MOMENT YOU THINK YOU HAVE SECURED EVERYTHING IS THE MOMENT YOU FIND OUT WHAT YOU MISSED." DANTE I call Nico at seven forty three. It rings. Once. Twice. Three times. Voicemail. I pull the phone from my ear and look at the screen like it has personally offended me and call again. Rings. Voicemail. Nico does not miss calls.

I smiled before going upstairs. When I entered the room, I immediately took out my cellphone and dialed Callum's number. It just rings and no one answers. I frowned because he didn't answer my call. That time he answered my call immediately even though he was in the middle of a meeting. Why can't he answer now? Where is he? “The subscriber is cannot be reach, please try to call again later.” the operator said that got me pissed off. “Why the hell aren’t you picking up your phone, Callum?” I said irritated before sitting on the edge of the bed.