“What’s with the attitude? I was already being very polite to you. All of this is your fault. If it weren’t for you, things would never have turned out this way!”
Michael’s voice had stoked the flames in me, and I couldn’t stop myself from venting all my anger on him.
If he hadn’t stopped me from leaving the previous night, Natalie would never have been with John, and things wouldn’t have escalated to this point.
To be frank, I had never gotten this angry at Michael before. After saying my piece, the line went silent for a long time. When he spoke again, his voice had grown icier.
“You must’ve lost your mind. Do you know who you’re talking to, Anna?”
Just from hearing his voice, I could picture the grim expression on his face.
“I’m not in the mood to talk to you right now. I have more important stuff to do, or I might end up sleeping on the streets tonight!”
Even though I was in a very bad mood and was in dire need of a punching bag, the most important to do right then was to find a place to stay for the night. After all, I really didn’t want to sleep on the streets.
I wanted to hang up the call right after that, but Michael’s voice sounded again from the other end of the line.
“Sleeping on the streets? Where are you now?”
noticed something amiss, for his tone had softened
nowhere to go. Happy?” I snapped, then ended the call straight, unwilling to
good ever came from meeting with him. Under normal circumstances, I’d still worry about whether or not I had offended him. But right then,
on bad terms, so
ending the call, I went to a few nearby hotels, but
sighed helplessly when I saw that it was already ten at night. I was caught in a bind, wondering if I should spend two to three hundred to stay in a hotel for the night because my only other
in the past, I wouldn’t be so indecisive, but after my dad had surgery, he needed to consume medication every day to maintain his health,
when I finally made up my mind to check into a hotel room,
it was so late at night,
to look behind me, but I
be sleeping? What’s he doing here so late at night? Don’t tell me he wants to experience doing it in a small
have sex previously. Hence, there was no way he was here to get a
spot, wondering if I should go over to
then, Michael poked his head out of the car window
voice did I regain my senses and walk toward
that saying no wasn’t an option whenever it came to him, I popped my suitcase in the
had only just sat down when the car
come here all of a sudden? Do you
yelled at him over the phone earlier because I felt pretty bold. But now that I was seeing him in the flesh, all
see if you’re really sleeping on the
shot me a glare and continued
felt upset all over again as I recalled the reason I had moved out
If you didn’t
the house by your friend have anything to do with
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