Not Always There When You Call Novels & Stories

"Honey, these days you have been coming back late. Is it that you derive joy in staying with your friends rather than being with me?" "I am so sorry Susan, you know most of the time we try to discuss the way forward in our business and then we get carried away. I will try and be meeting up" "But anytime I try to call your number it is not always connecting, it keeps on telling me, switched off" "Maybe it is the network of where I am"

The fact that Doris was busy she could understand, but the fact that she called Doris so many times but couldn't get through was always a problem she wondered. Is she so busy that every time Edna calls, she won't pick up, moreover, even though the sim still exists, it's always busy? - Can I go in there to meet her for a while, I have some work, I haven't seen her for a few days, can I just for a moment?

But this morning, a part of me wishes to hear his voice again, even if just for a moment. I navigate to my contacts and dial his number with trembling fingers. “Sorry, the person you’re trying to reach is not available.” No way. Brandon’s line is always active. This can’t be right. It must be a network issue, so I try again. “Sorry, the person you’re trying to reach is not available.” The mix of emotions I’m feeling is overwhelming. I hope this isn’t what I’m thinking. “Sorry, the person you’re trying to reach is not available.”

The little circle spun and spun and gave up. Call Failed. Right. No service all the way out here in the mountains.

Cassandra No calls, no messages. It wasn’t like Connor at all. He used to call me at least once a day even when he was swamped with work and leading the pack. “Mel, we need to go home. I have a bad feeling about this.” I didn’t mean to sound like a paranoid, hysterical girl.

I can still remember vividly on that day when she called me and said she was taken here, if she was not taken here then where could she be? I was now standing in front of the building looking so confused, and my phone hadn't stopped ringing. It's obvious that whoever this person is, they must have been crazy in their past life because tell me who calls someone continuously without stopping, it's only a maniac who acts like that.

Lucy. I called again. Once. Twice. Then a third time. Still nothing. The only response was that same, sterile voice from the other end: “The number you are attempting to reach is currently not available. Please try again later.” A creeping chill snaked down my back like ice on skin. Something was off.

- When I came here, I didn't see anything. - Is it gone… Can I borrow your phone? The other end of the line kept beeping and beeping non-stop, and then a familiar voice said: “The subscriber number you just dialed does not exist.” Star? I hit call back, still the same. The beeps around me kept trying to grab me in a whirlpool of terror at that moment. Not that the subscriber is busy, or out of the signal loss area, but does not exist. What's going on?

and also to take in the fresh air because I feel so suffocated right now with my head banging like a drum. I really do hope he didn't encounter Alpha Damon. Ohh moon goddess, please tell me no. My hands tremble anxiously, my whole body shaking as the phone rings. But unfortunately, he didn't pick up. I called him again for the third time but the phone wasn't picking either, which indicates one thing to me. Trouble. Throughout the years we've been together, there has never been a day where I called him through the phone that he wouldn't pick up immediately. He always picks my call within a second even though we might argue with each other at that moment.

Vincent has called me before and we’ve talked about work mostly but I’ve never given him a call? Hmmm. I came to a strange realization but well, who cares. I never needed to call him so I didn’t, but he called me because he needed to ask stuff. There’s nothing unusual there. Now I need to ask something so I’ll make the call. It’s work or nothing between us anyway. I dialed his number and waited but it was connected to the automated voice message. ‘The person you're trying to reach is currently unavailable.’ Huh? He’s not available…?