Page 51 of Make You Mine

His handwriting isn’t remotely close to my stalker’s, and that somehow relieves me.

Shaking my head, I move on to the next teacher in line.

By the end of the class, I’ve checked all the handwriting to no avail. None of them is him.

I don’t know whether to be happy or pissed.

My last hope is that damn phone number. The one I implied I’ll sell my body for tonight.

How to trace a phone number, I type into my phone’s web search during the ten-minute break between my classes. The answer comes in seconds. Dozens of websites instruct me to simply type the phone number I’m trying to trace, and promise they’ll give me the information I need.

So, I pick the one at the top of the search results page, write down the number, and cross my fingers.

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My heart’s thumping in my throat.

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This number belongs to…unknown.

Crap.

I sigh.

At the bottom of the page, there is a note.

If you’ve searched a number that came up unknown, some possibilities are that the number is a burner phone, or belongs to a company that blocks their own numbers through a private VPN or network.

If you’d like us to dig in deeper, you can hire one of our private security specialists for an exclusive price.

God, this whole website must be a scam.

After three other tries on different pages and no result, I give up.

This phone number is useless. Of course, he’s using a burner. He wouldn’t have given me his real number.

He’s smarter than I am.

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By the end of my workday, I’m exhausted and pissed. All the hard work didn’t pay off.

But I sure as hell won’t give my stalker what he wants. I will play his game, and I’ll play it my way.

I’ll show him who he’s dealing with. I’m not some innocent pawn whom he can twist and turn as he pleases.

I promised myself this wasn’t happening again, but sometimes, sacrifices must be made.

My words come out naturally.

“Hey, girl. Are you in a hurry to get home?” I grab Hannah’s arm when I cross her in the halls.

“No, why?”

“Do you want to go grab a drink? Have a girls’ night?”