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.

stomach tighten in several different knots, twisting in different direction. I shake my head,

Don't cry Emily, don't cry.

I whisper down the phone, closing my

it's not what it looked like," he pleads, the desperation and exhaustion lining his voice.

exactly what it looked like. You had a gun Jake, you threatened to shoot everyone, including me!" I responded

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

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

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

"Yes," I respond timidly, my voice quiet.

 we give them reason to. We kill people, we take away lives. We tear families apart, it's what we do Emily!" He snaps down the line. Chills immediately shoot down my neck and I shudder,

people in coma's?" I ask rhetorically before