After the call ended, Emily stayed very still for a moment, holding her phone in both hands.
She was feeling much better now after her conversation with her mother, and for the first time since the evening, she felt like she had a real plan. Something she could follow without feeling lost.
She lay back on her pillow and pulled the blanket up to her chin. Just as she began to drift into sleep, her phone buzzed softly beside her.
Her eyes opened.
She reached for the phone with a small flutter in her chest when she saw it was a WhatsApp text from Callan.
She hesitated before opening it. His message was short.
Cal>: Are you awake?
Emily stared at the words, wanting to respond, but then she remembered something and she smirked before responding.
Emily>: Hm.
She had a grin on her face as she silenced her phone and drifted off to sleep, wanting him to have a taste of his own medicine.
Emily woke up the next morning to the sound of her stepmom's voice.
