Trust A Stranger by Baxter Cole

Author:Baxter, Cole [Baxter, Cole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Suspense, American Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller
Published: 2020-10-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Mary couldn't sleep at all, and not just because she was lying in an unfamiliar bed in a bit of a sterile looking hotel room. It reminded her of Ruby's own apartment just a little. Sleep eluded her since she kept looking at her phone as though the thing was a ticking bomb that would go off any second now. It didn't work if she tried to move it out of her sight. She could still feel it. It was going to ring, she just knew it.

Since she'd chosen a respectable establishment as her hiding place, she felt somewhat safe that she was out of Ruby's reach. The downside was that she had to use her real name to check in.

Thinking quickly on her feet, Mary begged the receptionist to not let anybody know she was a guest here if somebody called or came to ask questions about her.

"Discretion is our specialty," he reassured her, probably assuming she was running away from an abusive husband, and she let him.

Her mind wouldn't give her a moment of peace, recounting all the greatest hits, everything she discovered about Ruby. Her therapist was so right about everything. That made her jump out of the bed and reach for her phone. She had failed to let Dr. Carson know what was going on. Checking the time, she realized it was too late to call, and this wasn't something she wanted to divulge over a text.

She always failed to do the most necessary of things, Mary chastised herself. What is wrong with me? Was there a short circuit in her brain wiring that made her so blind and at times scattered? The most obvious things or actions eluded her.

She managed to doze off when the morning came. Just as was expected, the phone calls and the texts started shortly after she fell asleep.

"Where are you?"

"Why aren't you picking up your phone?"

"Are you busy working? Call me when you can, kiss."

"Did something happen?"

"Mary, I'm starting to worry and it's bad for my health."

"Open up. I'm at your place."

"Can't you hear me banging?"

"Where are you?"

"You are never here when I need you the most!"

The tone of the voice messages and texts changed just as Ruby's mood changed, from polite, sweet, and witty to downright hostile and mean.

After a while, Mary simply started deleting everything that Ruby sent her without reading it since she already got the gist of it.

Mary was not stupid, usually, she corrected herself, and knew she couldn't avoid Ruby for too long. She had to return to her life no matter how messed up that life might be, and she certainly couldn't afford to hide in a hotel room indefinitely, so she came up with a plan.

She spent the whole morning thinking about the next course of action, something that could buy her some time so she could continue snooping around without Ruby figuring everything out.

Mary called Dr. Carson yet couldn't reach him. He's probably having a session with some patient, she realized, checking the time.

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