My phone vibrated with another call. Then she called again, and I hung up again, repeating this three or four times. She messaged: "Are you feeling guilty?"
"Why would I feel guilty?"
"Then answer the call!"
I took a deep breath, thinking, 'She is the epitome of saying one thing and meaning another. Yesterday, she told me to forget what I shouldn't remember, and today, she's digging deep. Women were really complicated.'
I turned on the light and answered the video call. Tatiana appeared on the screen, wearing a black nightgown and leaning on the sofa with wet hair, as if she had just showered.
I scanned the room with my phone and whispered, "Is that enough?"
She didn't say anything and just hung up the call.
I was speechless for a moment. "You called me, and now you hang up without saying anything?"
"Get some rest."
She sent a message, leaving me speechless.
'What a nerve!'
I logged into my alternate account and saw a bunch of messages from Jessica Lawrence:
