Tangled Love

My head vibrates and I groan, my eyes twitching in the morning sun. I reach under my pillow and pull out my phone, glancing at the screen.

Unknown Caller ID.

I frown and answer it, sitting up straighter in my bed.

"Hello?" I yawn sleepily, rubbing my eyes. I must have had around two or three hours sleep max. My mind eventually collapsed early hours in the morning and I was able to finally close my eyes and sleep.

"Emily?"

I hear a low husky voice on the other end of the phone and my stomach does a quick somersault inside my body. My eyes widen and within a split second, I'm now wide awake.

out, my voice shaky and quiet.

"Can we talk?" He responds and I feel my stomach tighten in several different knots, twisting in different direction. I shake my

cry Emily, don't

"I don't know," I whisper down the phone, closing my

Let me explain, it's not what it looked like," he pleads,

threatened to shoot everyone, including me!" I responded angrily, my hands shaking.

everything that happened with Jones, do you know how terrified I was? I found out my boyfriend is the leader of some silly little gang. You roam around with guns, thriving off other people's fear, it's sick." I say angrily, my teeth clenched

a moment, my chest rising and falling quickly as I catch my breath. He's quiet on the other end, his breathing

the leader of just a silly little gang?" He asks rhetorically, humour lining his voice. I hold

I respond timidly, my voice quiet.

lives. We tear families apart, it's what we do Emily!" He snaps

coma's?" I ask rhetorically before continuing —