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.

tighten in several different knots, twisting in different direction. I shake my head, my teeth clenched tightly together as I struggle to stay composed.

Don't cry Emily, don't cry.

down the phone, closing my eyes.

"Please? Let me explain, it's not what it looked like," he pleads, the desperation and

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

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 together.

I pause for a moment, my chest rising and falling quickly as I catch my breath. He's quiet on the other end, his breathing shallow. He eventually chuckles quietly at me down the line,

rhetorically, humour lining his voice. I hold the phone away from me in shock, my eyes widening at his

timidly,

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 to believe his

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