Today's the day, I thought as Will and I sat at the convention. I nervously looked at my watch almost every 10 minutes, paranoid I would miss the flight. Last night, while Will was asleep, I secretly bought a ticket back to Seattle, making sure he didn't suspect anything. I sat at the hockey event now, watching some of this country's finest players talking about their lives and careers, and as much as I wanted to listen, I couldn't focus. I glanced over at Will, who was smiling and attentively listening to Lori Atkins talk about his rise to fame.
I should call Emi at least once, I thought. I haven't heard from her ever since we left. I told Will I was going to take a call and stepped outside. I remembered Emi's home number to the best of my ability and called her, hoping it was the right number. It rang about 3 times before I heard the clicking sound. Someone had picked up.
"Hello?" came the quiet voice of Emi from the other end.
"Hello? Emi, it's me Jake. You okay?" I asked her hurriedly.
"Yeah I'm fine....so about today," she began.
"Yeah I now, just do everything according to plan ok?" I said to her.
"Ok. Are you okay? How's Will?" She asked.
I felt a pang when she asked about Will. Somehow she still cared enough to ask for him.
"He'd good. I'm fine too,thanks" I responded.
"Okay, I'll see you then. Keep in touch," she spoke. Then she hung up the phone. I sighed and looked down at the phone. Then I went back inside the event.
"Who was that?" Asked Will as soon as I got back. I was a little startled when he asked, unsure of what to respond.
"Uh, it was my transfer counselor, I applied for a transfer to the Seattle school district. She was following up on the process," I lied. I hoped it was convincing enough.
"Ok,cool. Hey you missed Atkins talking about the game he had against Toronto where he scored 3 goals." He said excitedly. I nodded and smiled back. I looked down at my watch again-4:43pm.
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Trapped
RomanceEmi Tassel has got the life of her dreams-or so she is told. Captured by her stalker Will, she has spent three years pretending to be his loving doting wife, trying to look for an opportunity to escape. That's when their new neighbor Jake moves in...
