She Was Scared

"Jo!"

Jeffrey's voice cracked as he screamed into the phone. His pulse thundered in his ears, his grip tightening on the device as if he could reach through it and pull her to safety.

She had called him. But she wasn't speaking to him.

Instead, he heard a man's voice.

His entire body tensed, every muscle coiling with dread.

Had she called him by accident? Or—God forbid—was she trying to reach him, a desperate plea without words?

The conversation was muffled, the stadium's noise drowning out the details. But Jeffrey's gut twisted with unease. He strained to hear.

Then—a sickening thud.

His breath hitched. His heart stopped for a beat.

Was that sound from his phone? Or from the game?

It didn't matter.

Because in his bones, in the marrow of his very being—he knew.

She might be in danger.

His blood turned ice-cold.