“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

with nowhere to go. Happy?” I snapped, then ended the call

him. Under normal circumstances, I’d still worry about whether or

best friend and I were on bad terms, so I couldn’t care

a few nearby

a bind, wondering if I should spend two to three hundred to stay in a hotel for the night

after my dad had surgery, he needed to consume medication every day to maintain his

my mind to check into a hotel room, a honk sounded from

sound when it was so late

around in annoyance to look behind me, but I was stunned

Michael’s car? Shouldn’t he be sleeping? What’s he doing here so late at night? Don’t tell me he wants to

just to have sex previously. Hence, there was no way

spot, wondering if

Michael poked his head out of the car window and frowned at me. “What are you

voice did I regain

to him, I popped my suitcase in the back and

sat down when the car

all of a sudden? Do you need me for

I felt pretty bold. But now that I was seeing him in the flesh, all that courage

if you’re really sleeping

shot me a

I

accusatory tone, “This is all because of you. If you

by your friend have anything

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