Sorry for my pride

I might lose my mind

I stopped talking, staring at the phone, which suddenly rang 

I jumped towards him quickly, as if I was practicing hurdles, with all enthusiasm. He might be Edward, but he was none other than Ethan. 

I don't know whether to feel happy or disappointed.

I smiled softly and moved from my place, answering: “Hello.”

"I just hope you remember that I'm alive," came his annoying voice.

I was happy just hearing his voice. Who would have imagined that a call from him would completely change my mood!! It is true that Sam is much closer to me than Ethan, but Ethan often excels at pulling me out of my distress, even with just one word.

Perhaps because of what happened to me during these days, no, but since that fateful night in which I saw Chris’ face, I have been suffering from a bad mood all the time, in all places and times. Sam noticed my annoyance and I unleashed my anger on him, so he preferred to remain silent for a while so that I could reveal what was bothering me myself if I wanted to, but...as is the case now, I left my city and trapped myself in a spider’s web that forces problems to attach to me one after another! By the way, the spider is an example of Chris’s face, which I realized was a punishment sent to me from heaven as a result of every sin I committed since childhood, I think..

I panicked when a scream came from the phone: “Am I talking to myself, you idiot!”

"I'm with you, there's no need to scream like that." 

"What were you distracted by? Are you sadly thinking about how much you missed me?"

"How confident! You're worse than Sam sometimes when it comes to self-love."

"Don't make me look like that idiot. He called me two days ago screaming that you ran away from home. Say something like your annoyance all week. Maybe you ran away somewhere. He was still afraid that mom and dad would hold him responsible."

I burst out laughing and he continued: “But he later remembered that you had moved to the neighboring city... What a foolish brother is he !”

I went to the sofa, ignoring the presence of Chris, who was staring at me silently, bored and yawning. I looked at my hand, which I was fiddling with on the edge of the sofa, and I said between my laughs: "Oh my God... he's really crazy! Okay, let go with Sam and tell me your latest news, how are you?"

“I'm not fine, but at least I'm still breathing.” 

"Why? Did something bad happen?"

"No, nothing happened, it's just...it's Katherine."

"What's wrong with her?"

" we broke up"

" I sighed and said happily: “Really? This is the best, Ethan, believe me. She was never good for you ,and you finally discovered this.”

"I will not deny this. The important thing now is... Have you spoken to my parents? How are they now? I am trying to contact them, but they seem to be ignoring me."

"Of course they will ignore everyone, especially your and Sam's gossip, which we don't care about."

"I still don't know where they went!! My work in a distant city does not mean that I am excluded from the family, for God's sake."

“They are spending their vacation on the usual island. What now? Has your knowledge of the matter changed anything?”

" Let it be.."

"I forgot to tell you! I got an A!"

" In training ?"

“Yes.”