“Am I disturbing your sleep?” Came a sweet and coquettish voice from the other end of the receiver.

 

“He’s not up yet. I can pass on a message for you if you’d like.”

 

There was silence for a while before Skylar heard a response. “And you are?”

“I’m his girlfriend.”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Just ask him to call me back when he’s awake and remind him about our meeting tonight.”

 

The emotions were clearly written on Skylar’s face, despite how superb her acting was on set.

 

She exited the bathroom to find Tobias awake. Having had a fitful rest, he was in much higher spirits than the night before.

“You can just view it out in the open, you know,” said Tobias, noticing that his phone was in her hand. “Why did you have to hide in the bathroom?”

 

at anything. But your phone kept ringing, so I

“Who called?”

remind

eyes carried

she’s being persistent. Anyway, she’s insisting that I meet with her to sort things out. If

if she should have felt happy or sad. Skylar assumed that Tobias

to begin with. I need you to draw

course not. I’ll do as you ask.” Tobias

she left the house in an uneasy state. She tersely reminded

would call me a good man. It’s easier

when Tobias could learn

her car. It was quite early, but she noticed that something had changed. All the security guards in the compound had been replaced overnight. All the familiar, pot-bellied, middle-aged men she usually spotted wandering were nowhere to

colors of their

Even food deliveries were halted, and their

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