Love & Forbidden secrets.

Chapter eighteen

I sit up straight when I hear my phone ringing and it startles me.

I rub my eyes and look over at my bed side table and the clock reads '4:30am'. It's still pitch black but I can hear the loud police cars and drunken party animals on the new york streets.

I reach over and answer the phone as fast as possible so I can see who this idiot is thats calling me this early in the morning.

"Hello?" I ask with a sleepy voice.

"Natalie" 

Bam.

My heart leaps out of my chest.

My palms, heck, my whole body goes numb and sweaty.

I feel like I can't breath.

That voice that I have been silencing, praying that I never have to hear it again have soon become famillair again, along with all those dark memories.

"It's Dani" The devil itsself cuts the silence, he is obviously expecting the reply but I don't think I'm able to.

"We need to talk. Are you listening?" He speaks down to me.

"...Yes" I weakly answer. I don't know why I haven't hung up on him already but the intelligent side of me knows that he wouldn't call if wasn't for nothing. 

"I'm going to hand you in" He simply remarks.

My heart has stopped beating. I have tears that spring straight to my eyes and my voice wants to pound at my chest.

"What?! What the fuck we had a deal?!" I pratically shout.

"Yes I know but... There's been a problem. You see Natalie, my poor Jessica is starting to be investigated in the murder and considering she didn't have anything to do with it, we're going to have to confess that it was you"

That sentance alone can make me want to throw up and jump of a bridge at the same time.

Jessica.

The girl that I was best friends with throughout seconday school.

Jessica.

The girl that I moved in with and thought our friendship could never been broken.

Jessica, the one that accompanied me in the car on that dredfull night.

The girl that left me to rot whilst running off with my boyfriend and paying me to get off the scenes.

I build up my corrage to speak.

"...So why are you calling me? Just do it" I firmly remark, challenging him.

"There's a catch" 

"Offcourse, there's always a catch when it comes to you!" I take a chance to make a dig at him.

"Are you willing to compromise?" Dani says coldly.

I stand up from the bed and walk over to the window, just starring out in to the streets.

"Depends" 

"Nope, its either a yes or a no" I can tell he's saying it with a smirk. He knows he has complete control over me.

"Fine. Go on"

"If you give us enough money then I'm able to pay the law off for a bit until we come up with a secure plan" 

"First of all, I don't have any money. The money I have is the money you paid me to even come to New York in the first place, that's going to run short to because I have to give my friend some rent. And second of all, whats the plan when they get back on your case? Land me in it? I don't thin so" My body is now shaking from anger and nerves.