Final

She studied her phone, her brows furrowing, trying to dissect what it was that she was seeing. The caller I.D that was in bold black letters with one red and one black heart emoji next to it taunted her. Nervously swallowing around the dry lump lodged into her throat, she swiped right to answer the call, her heart racing like a jackhammer.

“He~hello?” She stammered, hoping that maybe this was some sort of joke. Glancing from the corner of her eye, she could see those ruby orbs staring her down relentlessly. She hoped that maybe he was holding the phone somewhere out of sight and that he would eventually stop this stupid act of his, but when the person on the other end answered, her heart sank.

“Hey…” Deam’s voice broke through, sounding audibly shaken. “…I~I know this may sound silly…” he paused, making the phone call that much more daunting.”… But I had to make sure if that was really you at the door…” He laughed nervously “…I just thought how odd it was that you got here so quickly after you just said you were leaving…” He mumbled out the last few words to which Anil didn’t care what was said, all she knew was that he answered. But that’s impossible… She thought, gripping the steering wheel and feeling her body grow rigid as fear snaked through her, spreading its venom.

Peeking from out the corner of her eyes, sat her “husbands” still figure and those bloody eyes that seemed to grow more and more unrealistically red, still watching her. “N-no…” She replied nervously after a while, dragging out the ‘o’ longer than it needed to be through her foggy mind that tried to make since of the situation. “A~aren’t you… b~beside me?”

Her heart rate skyrocketed, hoping and pleading that he would say yes, no matter how impossible it sounded. Her heart Ricocheting off of her ribs like a pinball machine, when the dreaded stuttering of a “No.” Came through the other end, followed by him screaming incoherent words at her as he realized the gravity of her situation.

The world went awfully quiet and the only thing that she could hear was her loud rugged breathing and the drumming of her heart. She couldn’t help but ask herself… If this isn’t my husband?… she thought. “Then who is…?” Anil said aloud, trailing off as she turned to face those piercing eyes.