The Voice by Jennifer Anne Davis

Author:Jennifer Anne Davis [Davis, Jennifer Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lands Atlantic Publishing
Published: 2013-11-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

“Want to go shopping?” Kate asked the next morning.

I finished chewing my mouthful of pancakes—they were so good. Kate was a genius in the kitchen.

“Sure,” I replied, shoving another bite in my mouth.

“So,” Kate began. Oh great. Anything beginning with “so”usually meant she was fishing for information. “Sarah said Caleb and his girlfriend broke up.”

“They did.” Another bite. Stop talking and let me eat, please.

“And?” she probed.

“And what?”

“Well, what about the two of you? He seems to pay a lot of attention to you.”

I almost spit out my food. If it weren’t so good, I might have. I swallowed and coughed. “We’re friends. That’s all. Caleb has a lot of girls that he’s friendly with.” That’s just the way he was. While Justin couldn’t be bothered to speak to me and only paid attention to that one girl.

The house phone rang. I grabbed it before Kate could ask me anything else.

“Audrey.” It was stalker guy.

I froze. Why had I even answered it? I shook my head at my own stupidity.

“I can hear you breathing,” he said. “I know you’re there. You don’t have to say anything, just listen carefully.” He was cold and businesslike. I put the phone on speaker so Kate could hear. She grabbed her cell and recorded the call. “I’m wondering why you haven’t told the DA the truth. That you went with Bill willingly. That you ran away from home, but you were too afraid when you were found, so you lied. It’s gotten out of hand, and you want to tell the truth now, don’t you?”

“Go to hell!”

I was going to end the call when he continued, “Bret has a nice new car, doesn’t he?”

How did he know that? I had no idea what to say. I hated having my family drawn into this. How could I protect them from him when I couldn’t even protect myself?

“Until next time,” he finished.

“I’ve already dialed the police,” Kate said. “Don’t worry, it’ll be okay.”

The walls felt like they were closing in on me. Pushing past Kate, I stumbled outside into the fresh air and open space. What was I going to do? I was so screwed. What if Bill paid someone to beat up Bret? He could probably arrange something like that from jail. Or maybe Bill sent this stalker guy to kidnap me. Or to rape me. I couldn’t go through that again.

My body trembled.

“Please help me,” I begged the voice.

Audrey, calm down. It’s okay.

“No, it’s not. Nothing is okay.”

It will be. I promise. Just know that I’m watching out for you. Even if you don’t feel me or hear me, I’m with you. Okay?

“I need you.”

I know.

I heard people talking inside. Glancing through the sliding glass door, I saw Kate and Sarah flipping through a photo album. Kate pulled out a picture and handed it to her. When they left the room, I went in and looked at the album. The missing picture had a caption below it. Olivia, Timothy, and Bill. Christmas 2008. A picture of my parents and Bill.

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