Chapter 74: Sharper Edges
Despite her turmoil, Aubrey's attention was drawn to the persistent alert from her phone, the beep a small, insistent reminder that there may be news awaiting her.
"Who could it be?" she wondered, her hand reaching for the phone as though it were a lifeline.
As she snatched it from the bedside, her eyes darted across the screen, searching for the source of the message. It was then that she caught sight of it: a new message.
"From who?" she murmured, a thread of unease weaving itself through her thoughts.
The sender of the message, like a harbinger of trouble to come, caused Aubrey's anger to flare.
"Lucky again," Aubrey seethed, her voice a low, dangerous growl. "What does he want now?"
Her fingers tapped furiously on the screen, the words of the message burning into her mind like brands of ire.
