Apocalypse (The Ward Z Series Book 3) by Amy Cross

Author:Amy Cross [Cross, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-20T07:00:00+00:00

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Ignoring the laughter outside, Javier focused on his phone as he brought up Ruth's number and finally tapped to call her. He'd been delaying this moment all day, but finally he'd come to realize that he had no choice. He needed to make sure that she was okay.

“Pick up the phone,” he muttered as he waited for the call to connect. “This is just -”

“Hey,” Ruth said suddenly on the other end of the line, and it sounded as if she was keeping her voice low. “I can't talk right now. Can I call you back?”

“There's some money here for you,” he lied.

“What?”

“I accidentally missed some out of your last pay packet,” he continued. “If you want to drop by and pick it up, I'll be around all evening.”

He waited, but she said nothing and he was already starting to realize that something seemed to be wrong.

“Ruth?” he said after a moment. “What is it?”

“I don't think I'm going to be able to make it into town for a little while,” she said cautiously. “Just keep the money until I manage to drop in, okay?”

“How's the new job going?” he asked.

“Fine! It's fine! Everything's fine!” There was a pause. “Something's just come up,” she added finally, “that's all. Something I have to get my head around. It's nothing, really, but I think I need some space. Please try to understand that.”

“Huh.” He paused, acutely aware that she sounded rattled. “You know,” he continued, “I could always bring it up to you. I don't mind dropping it off at the -”

“Don't do that!” she blurted out.

“Okay.” He paused again. “I know you, Ruth. I know when something's not right, and you sound scared.”

“I'm not scared. Why would I be scared?”

“That's what I'm starting to wonder. Ruth, I want to see you.”

“That's not possible right now.”

“Ruth, I need to make sure that you're -”

Stopping suddenly, he realized he could hear another voice on the line. Somebody was whispering to Ruth, almost as if she was being fed lines. Straining to hear, Javier found that he couldn't actually make out any of the words.

“I'm going to have to go now,” Ruth said suddenly. “I have a lot to do here, and I really don't have time to talk while I'm on the clock. I'll try to come down and see you soon, Javier, but I can't promise when that'll be. My new job is pretty time-consuming and I have to focus on my career. You should too. It was fun working with you, Javier, but that period is in the past now. Thank you and goodbye. Good luck with everything in your future. It's going to be okay, Javier. I know it will. All of it.”

Javier opened his mouth to reply, but suddenly the line went dead.

He pulled his phone away from his ear and looked at the screen, shocked that she'd hung up on him.

“Fine,” he muttered, setting the phone down and turning back to his desk, “if that's how you want to do it, then I'm not going to beg you.

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