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.

I breathe out, my

feel my stomach tighten in several different knots, twisting in different direction.

cry Emily, don't cry.

down the phone, closing

looked like," he pleads, the desperation and exhaustion lining his

like. You had a gun Jake, you threatened to shoot everyone,

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

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

 silly little gang?" He asks rhetorically, humour lining his voice. I hold the phone away from me in shock, my eyes widening at

timidly,

We don't just scare people, 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, unable

people in coma's?" I ask rhetorically before continuing