Living For You by Erica Lee

Author:Erica Lee [Lee, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

When I awoke the next day, the house was eerily quiet. That tended to be the case when the girls weren’t home, but it was even quieter this morning. Normally, I could hear the faint sounds of Tori rustling around in bed or using the bathroom, but there wasn’t any of that.

Even though I was dreading our talk, I still wanted to see Tori. I had to make sure she was okay after last night. Was I even okay though? I honestly had no idea

“Tori?” I said softly as I left my bedroom. I knocked on her bedroom door, then slowly pushed it open when a minute passed with no answer. Inside, there was nothing but a perfectly made bed.

The bathroom was also empty, so I headed downstairs. When I reached the bottom of the stairs, I looked out the front window and realized Tori’s car wasn’t in the driveway. She never left the house this early, which meant she was definitely avoiding me. Great.

I looked at my phone and saw that it was only 7:45. I was pretty sure Lisa was going into work later today, so I decided to give her a call. I had no idea what I was going to say, but I needed to talk to someone.

“Hey, babe,” Lisa said when she picked up the phone after only two rings. “What’s up?”

“Not too much. What’s up with you?”

“Just getting ready for work. Is everything okay?”

“Oh yeah. Everything is great. How are you?”

“Aside from being extremely hungover, I’m wonderful.” Lisa laughed. “Do you really expect me to believe you just called to chat and see how I’m doing? I might believe that if it wasn’t a Wednesday morning before eight.”

“No. I’m good. Sorry to bother you.”

“Okay, that’s it. I’m going to come over before I go to work. You’re clearly freaking out about something.”

“How do you know that?”

Lisa laughed once again. “I’ve known you since we were kids. You pick up on a few things when you’ve known someone for that long.”

“You really don’t have to.” Because, really, when did I become the person who made everyone’s life harder?

“I know I don’t, but I want to. I’ll see you soon, Buttercup.”

Lisa hung up before I could say anything else, probably because she knew I would argue that she didn’t have to come. Since she obviously was, I paced back and forth through the kitchen until I heard my front door open.

“Honey, I’m home,” Lisa shouted as she walked in the door.

“I’m in the kitchen.” The way my voice shook did nothing to give the impression that I was actually okay.

Lisa walked into the kitchen and immediately hoisted herself up onto the counter next to the sink. “So, what’s up?”

I paced back and forth as I tried to think of how to put this into words. How did I say that I did the one thing that I shouldn’t do? How did I admit that all I could think about, aside from how guilty I felt,

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