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Hell yeah. I was on my way to campus, now I can go shopping. See you bitches Friday.
Noah:
K
She exhaled a relieved breath. She’d forgotten all about the presentation today, with Aiden dropping by. At least she didn’t have to go to campus at all today.
She tapped out a hasty reply as her bladder urged her fingers to type faster.
Only when she headed toward the bathroom did she realize she wasn’t alone. The sounds of someone moving around in the bathroom filtered through her wall. It couldn’t be Aiden; he left already. That only left one other possibility…
She rushed to the nightstand and jerked the drawer open, grabbing the chef’s knife she now kept on top of her journal. She knew keeping it there would come in handy.
Picking up her cell phone, she dialed emergency services. The sound in the bathroom stopped; he was waiting to ambush her. The bathroom had no other exit.
She wished Aiden hadn’t left.
“Athens-Clarke County—”
“Someone’s in my apartment,” she whispered with an edge of distress, cutting off the male dispatcher. She crept toward the bathroom.
“Who’s in your apartment?”
“I don’t know.”
“Can you see them?”
“No, they’re hiding in my bathroom.” She tried to keep the panic out of her voice while she tightened her grip on the knife’s handle.
“What’s your name?”
“Charlotte Walsh.”
“Okay, Charlotte. I’m going to get officers to you as soon as possible.”
“Okay,” she whispered, inching toward the wall separating her bedroom from the bathroom.
“What is your address?”
She rattled off the address to her apartment and moved against the wall to see if she could hear anything.
“Charlotte? Are you still with me?”
“Yes,” she whispered.
“Do you know if he’s armed?”
“No. I don’t know. I can’t see him. I have a knife, though.”
“Are you able to leave the apartment?”
“Yes. Uh. I-I don’t know.” She looked at the front door. Her voice quavered, her eyes stinging, as she said, “He’ll hear me.” She didn’t like how fear held her hostage more than the man in her home.
“Can you get to your neighbors?”
“Yes.”
“I want you to put the knife down, quietly exit your apartment. Go to your nearest neighbors until officers arrive.”
