Chapter 95 - Please Call
With a polite smile, she said, "It's okay. This speed is fine." Inside, she was screaming.
She really wanted to be early, but at what cost? Looking too eager? She didn't want him to think she was desperate. But on the other side, they didn't play such gas. It was her pride and previous experience making her think so deeply into the matter.
She reached Phoenix City Mall at twelve in the afternoon. Traffic really had been slow and the cabbie had followed all the traffic rules… which was good.
She had reached just on ti.
She pulled out her cellphone and typed out a text.
[Hey, I just reached. I am in a white and blue floral top, light blue skirt, and heels, standing in front of the fountain near the entrance.]
She pressed send and waited for a reply.
Soon, her phone started to ring. The thing about Ray's number was that it was private and his na and information didn't flash like it did for other people. She had gotten used to it, but she still felt it strange.
What if he really was a hotshot?
She picked the phone and put it to her ear. "Hello?" she said softly. It was not sexy like Angelina's voice on the phone, and thank god for that. That had led to a disaster.
"Hi, Rin. Sorry for being late. I am stuck in traffic at the mont. It's going to take so ti, unfortunately." She sighed.
"It's fine. I'll wait." She paused. "I'll call you back. Let's talk until you reach?" she prompted. She didn't want to stand there, staring at the entrance until he ca.
She could hear him chuckle. "Why, yes. It would be my pleasure." They spoke for fifteen minutes until he announced that he had arrived. "As much as I want to talk to you more, I prefer to search you out in the crowd."
Katherine shuddered at the implication. Wasn't this like saying that he would find her between thousands of people?
She hung up and waited. There was a commotion near the rear entrance and people seed to flock towards the direction.
"Did you hear?" Katherine eavesdropped. "Cage Cavanaugh is here!"
Katherine froze. She swiveled back and looked towards the direction where the crowd had congregated. Her heart thumped as she wondered if she would head over and take a peek. But then she turned to look at the entrance. Ray would be arriving at any ti. He wouldn't be able to find her if she went sowhere else.
So she stood there, waiting for him. After a while, she got worried. She called his number a couple of tis, but they rang until the chanical voice told her that he was not picking up.
Fifty minutes.
An hour.
She blinked back the tears in her eyes.
Did he… ditch her?
Who waits for soone for that long?
'One last ti,' she said to herself. Closing her eyes, she pressed on his na and put the phone to her ear. It rang and rang until soone finally picked it up.
"Hello?" a female voice said. Katherine pressed her lips together, trying not to assu anything.
"Hi, I am looking for the owner of the phone," she said softly. It wasn't like she could tell this person his screen na. "Did you find his cellphone sowhere?"
"No." The woman said precisely. "He's in the shower. Who are you?"
Indeed, who was she?
"I'm a friend." She gulped.
"Sorry, could you tell your na?" It almost sounded like the woman was taunting her.
"Just let him know that I called. He'll know." She was about to hang up when the woman spoke up.
"I'm not going to let my boyfriend talk to other girls. Goodbye." The call was over and Katherine stood frozen.
The possibilities went through her mind. One, this was soone who was pretending to be his girlfriend and playing a prank on her. Two, he really did have a girlfriend and he had been lying and playing her all this ti.
But what about the eting? What type of sick joke was this? Did he pretend to be coming here and speak to her on the phone all along, knowing that he would ditch her here?
She shivered.
[Please call .]
She would give him the benefit of the doubt. She would let him give her his side of the story.
She made her way ho and opened the door.
Her pace was lethargic as she entered. Lily was sitting in front of the television watching a movie. When she sensed Katherine co in, she looked up with a shocked expression.
"You're early..." she trailed off. She frowned as she saw her friend's face. "What's wrong?"
"He didn't co." She remained silent, Her hands gripped the side of her skirt. Lily could see a tear roll down her eye.
"Maybe sothing went wrong?" she stood up, concerned.
"No. He duped . He was talking to while he was on the way. He said he had reached..." Katherine sucked in a breath, trying to compose herself. "But then he never ca."
"You called, right?" Lily asked, mildly confused.
"Yes. His girlfriend picked up." Her voice cracked and she bent over, her hands on her knees as she cried. Lily felt a sickening churn in her stomach as her hand instinctively went to Katherine's back.
"Cry it out," she said, knowing there was nothing she could do to console Kitty. "Maybe..." she started, but Katherine cut her off.
"There is no maybe, Lily. He was in the shower while a woman picked the phone up. She said she was his girlfriend and she asked never to call him again." She picked up her hand and harshly brushed away the tears. "He played . He fucking played ..."
"Can I ask why the two of you are talking about soone cheating on Katherine when I had no clue she was even seeing soone?" a stony voice ca from behind them.
'Fuck,' Katherine and Lily thought simultaneously.
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