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“Call him,” Mel states as if I hadn’t thought of that seventeen times in the last hour.
When I don’t answer, she gets up off the chair and makes her way toward me.
“What’s stopping you?”
What is stopping me? I know if I call, I have a better chance of figuring out what’s going on, but not calling will also slowly drive me insane.
“I’m scared it’s over.”
Mel tilts her head and holds out her hand. When I look at her, confused, she smiles and tells me to hand her my phone.
“No, you’re not calling him for me.”
“Fine, then do it yourself but I want to listen.”
I take a deep breath and decide I need to do this or I’ll go insane all night. I pull up Josh’s number and I start to pace as the phone rings and rings and rings, my chest tightening as his voice mail kicks on. When I look up at Mel, her eyes are filled with pity, and I know I need answers. Now.
So I do the only thing I can think to do, I call Will. When he picks up on the first ring, I know something’s wrong.
“What do you want, Harper?” Will grunts as I start to pace once again.
“Do you know where Josh is? I really need to talk to him.” I sink against the wall, my heart racing.
“Josh doesn’t want to talk to you right now.”
Everything around me stops. I’m too late. He knows.
“Will, please let me talk to him. I need to know he’s okay. I’ve been worried.” I hear mumbles in the background and then I hear Will pass the phone to someone. My heart is in my throat as I wait for his voice.
“What do you want, Harper?”
I recoil, hearing the way my name escapes from his lips. I take a deep breath, trying to calm my heart. At least he’s okay.
“I wanted to talk to you. I haven’t heard from you all day, I texted…” I plead, hating the sarcastic cackle that leaves his throat.
“I think you have a very good idea as to why I can’t stand the sound of your voice right now, you lied to me Harper. Outright lied and that hurts more than the fact the pictures exist.” He hangs up and I’m left staring at the wall, my hands shaking as I start to wonder what the hell I’m going to do.
“Harper…” I hear Mel say as I make my way back downstairs and back into the gym.
I see Angela’s blonde hair and self-satisfied smile. When she sees the tears in my eyes and my phone clutched in my hands she sneers, “Trouble in paradise? How shocking. Now he can focus on someone that actually deserves him.”
I know I need to take everything she says with a grain of salt but when I look into her eyes, I lose it. I storm over to where she’s standing, push her up against the wall and make sure my elbow cuts off most of her air supply.
“What. The. Fuck. Did. You. Say?” I say slowly as that sneering look comes across her face. I push my elbow harder into her throat and I puff out my chest when her eyes bulge and her breathing begins to struggle. “Tell me again right now or I will fuck up that face so bad no one will know who the fuck you are,” I threaten.
At that moment, I notice that the whole gym has gone silent, but I keep my eyes on Angela.
“Harper!” Henry yells from across the gym. “Get off her right now!”
Fuck that. I don’t let her go, if anything I push that much harder.
“Sorry Henry, I can’t. This needs to happen, she’s fucked with my life enough.” I look at Angela and see the color starting to drain from her face. I lift my arm slightly and watch as she gasps for air.
Angela sneers, which makes me start to shake with anger. “Maybe he finally found out what you’ve been hiding all these months, huh?”
I see red as I think back to what Josh probably thinks right now.
“How do you know about those?” I whisper, almost to myself
