Chapter 13

She giggled. “You, of course.”

“Of course.”

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Not five minutes later the phone rang in my bedroom where I was changing my attire for a day spent with Liv and Fernando. I accidentally picked the house line up before looking at the caller identification to see who was calling. “Hello,” simply fell out of my mouth.

“Casper,” Amazon Don chanted my name.

I curled inside, sick to my stomach. My mind buzzed with anger at myself for picking up the call. Rage boiled under my. I pinched the bridge of my nose and felt cold all over.

“Casper, are you there?” His voice was no more than a whisper. He sounded distant, perhaps lost; a million miles away from me.