ella
riend and dorm mate, Vanessa, that we had to reschedule our daily video calls to some
te my tongue, picturing her annoyed expr
y without even saying hello. I imagined her giving me
talk later. I just got to stop there for a w
better not f
as I paced in front of hi
ounding up from lectures of the day. He mentioned he couldn't attend lectures because he
over. Like the good girlfriend I am, I plan
Ara" Vanessa quips in a bored tone. "
rofessor for good
n him too," she says with a chuckle. "Besi
dering if she was right, but then I squa
on a breathy tone. "From the way I see
. You watch a lot
y." She clicks her tongue suggestively. "In bibl
ntional road. But I mean, she isn't entirely wrong. I am pr
brother two years ago. He would always be the one answering the door when I came to meet Blake. The act started to grow t
e reason for the ending of my
ake's apartment complex and take the closest elevator to the t
Even though he has always been nice to her, she always says she doesn't get 'good
the habit of making. The adjoining hall room of the Scandinavian duplex apartment
smells of something fruity like the men that live in it. I ease the door shut and listen for any movement, my eye
t once every month to spend with his boys but there is no sign of their mother who according to Blake disappeared from their lives y
e fixed in an ascending manner. The last one at the top of the wooden stairs was taken a while ago when our football team in college won the game against The Wolves and Blake was an
ed toward Blake's door when a sound from inside
by the familiar grunting of s
my hands out to open the door again. I heard a rocking sound, and a female