He sighed when he realized it was Claire, his sister.
"Why was she calling? This was really not the right time to talk about something insignificant," Alex thought angrily as he merely stared at the phone without attempting to pick up the call.
All Claire had done since the last time with Vanessa was just talk about Vanessa and he was tired of it all. He didn't want to talk about Vanessa, and he didn't want to argue with his sister either.
When the phone kept ringing, he decided to answer. If she was calling so persistently, it might be something important, he mused as he took the call.
"I thought you were avoiding my calls; where did you keep your phone? Didn't you hear it ring?" Claire questioned interrogatively, and Alex sighed.
"I was busy with some work. What's going on? Everything alright?" Alex asked going straight to the point.
