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Chapter Ten
I didn't get anymore messages that day from that creep but I still had no idea who it was. I texted everyone on my contact list and those who got back to me told me they hadn't given my number to anyone.
So I was still stuck on the theory that it's someone I know or it's a friend of a friend. I could narrow it down by gender as it was clearly a man but then what if a female friend gave it to someone, I didn't want to eliminate anyone unless I knew for sure it wasn't them. There were some people I eliminated such as my cousins and people who had left the country or moved away.
My theory was that it was someone from uni but that hardly narrowed anything down, there were thousands of people who attended the same uni that I did.
I couldn't think of anyone who would do that to me.
Cami spent the whole day ignoring me, she packed her clothes and did what I asked her to do but refused to talk to me. I knew she was angry at me but couldn't she understand why I was doing this? I was trying to help her, everything I do is for her.
I wasn't too sure if she wanted me to sleep in her room tonight but when I went in to check up on her after dinner, she gave me a pleading look before turning away. I got into bed next to her and she turned to face me.
"I'm scared."
"Don't be, you're going to be fine." I reassured her as I stroked her hair.
"I don't want to go anywhere without you. I need you." She whispered with her eyes closed.
"It's just for a couple of weeks max."
It was silent for a while and I thought Cami had fallen asleep until she spoke again. "When you're around I don't feel as scared."
A lone tear slid down her cheek. "Every time I close my eyes I see him but then I remember you're here and you'll keep me safe. Every time I'm alone, I think about what happened but then I know you're only a shout or a call away. Knowing you're always here is how I'm coping, I don't think I could live without you."
My throat tightened as I heard those words and I moved forward so my forehead was touching hers. Cami kept her eyes closed as tears ran freely down her cheeks and my own eyes glazed over. "You are so strong Cami, so strong. I will always protect you."
"I know, that's what I'm worried about."
The room remained silent as I stroked Cami's hair, her soft cries and shudders slowly turned into snores. Once I knew she was asleep, sorrow overcame me and I was the one crying. I put my hand over my mouth to stop any sound from coming out.
Please, don't let me lose her too.
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The rest of the weekend was uneventful, we spent most of it packing and tidying the house up. The atmosphere was sombre as if we knew once we left here we would never return. It was hard to accept the situation, we had grown up in this house and there were so many memories that we would cherish forever, especially the ones that included our parents.
We had to mentally prepare ourselves for what may happen, there was a good chance we could never come back here so when we left that was it. We had some time before we did that so I wanted to plan and make sure we had everything we needed.
We couldn't take everything with us, just some clothes and important documents like our birth certificates and passports. Maybe we could put the rest of our stuff somewhere safe and come back for it one day?
The plan wasn't to go on the run, not yet anyway. We just had to leave here and stay low for a bit and see how things turn out. The creep that kept texting me might not tell anyone about what happened, after all isn't he committing a crime too? Knowing what we did and not telling the police, surely that was a crime too?
Maybe I could spin in that way? If he threatened us again, I could threaten him and tell everyone he was complicit in the coverup or else how would he know what happened?
Yes, that could actually work!
Whether that worked or not, it still was still a good idea to get away from here, even if it was just for a little while.
Speaking of the creep, he hadn't texted or called me all day. I wonder if he was someone and I knew and the mass message I sent everyone scared him off. At the end of the day I didn't care who he was as long as he kept his mouth shut.
"What are you watching?" I asked Cami as I joined her on the sofa.
"Hollyoaks." She told me, turning the volume up.
Rude!
I hadn't watched Hollyoaks since I started uni and had no idea what was going on. "What's going on?"
"Urgh." Cami groaned, pausing the screen. "It's too long to explain, just google it."
"My phone is on charge."
Cami glared at me for a few seconds before unlocking her phone and tossing it at me. Before I could say another word she motioned for me to shut up before pressing play on the remote control.
I wasn't that interested in the show so decided to play Beehive Bedlam instead. I was so excited when I found out the game was available on the play store. It brought back so much memories from my childhood. It was a game that was available on the old Sky box and Cami and I would always play it and try to beat each other's score. Usually we played it when it was raining as the Sky box was always dodgy when it rained and my parents would join in too.
Listening to that music felt nostalgic and took me back to those days, those days when everything was perfect and we were happy.
I was tempted to turn the sound up and piss Cami off but decided against it. I was only playing for 10 minutes when the phone started to vibrate.
"Cami?"
"Shhhh!"
"Someone called Daniel is calling you."
"It's my boss, well ex-boss. Just ignore it." Cami said once she peeled her eyes from the telly for two seconds.
I did what she asked and rejected the call but he continued to call again. After rejecting his call three times he finally got the hint. I suddenly felt uneasy and no longer wanted to continue playing. What did her boss want? It must be important for him to call that many times.
"I think you should call him back, it might be important."
"I'll call him back later, he probably just wants me to come back to work." Cami shrugged, keeping her eyes on the telly and not seeming that bothered.
I was going to leave it too when a message came through.
Cami, call me back ASAP. It's important.
I grabbed the control and turned the telly off, ignoring the shouts of protest from Cami.
"You need to call him back." I told her, handing her phone back to her.
Cami groaned but did what I said when she realised I wasn't messing around.
Her ex-boss Daniel answered within the first couple of rings as if he had been waiting for her call. I motioned for her to put it on speakerphone and she did.
"Hey Cami, sorry to call you on a Sunday evening but this is important."
"Hi Daniel, what's up?" Cami asked not picking up on Daniel's nervous tone.
"I know you don't work for us anymore but you need to come in the store." Daniel started to say as I frowned. "They need to talk to you again."
"Who needs to talk to me? I handed everything in when I left and you can send my P45 through the post."
It was silent for a second before Daniel continued.
"It's not us who needs to speak to you Cami, it's the Alpha."
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