In my room, I took a shower to calm my racing thoughts, but it seemed like the shower only allowed more unwanted thoughts to flow in. Eventually, I turned it off, and stared at myself in the mirror.
Yes, I was pretty, but was I as pretty as Victoria? I shook my head. I wasn't supposed to have such thoughts. No. That was me slinking back into the hole of zero confidence. It was at that time that I really needed a kind of connection with Luke. Just something to reassure me that I was having mere doubts and nothing more.
I left the bathroom, and pulled on my bathrobe, settling myself in the chair in front of my dressing mirror.
Determination rose within me. There would have to be some network service. Surely, once, even if it was just once, there would be a stable connection. It couldn't just have poor connection all the time, right?
I raised the phone to my ear, and waited.
Same thing! Unreachable. I took in a deep breath, and tried again, and again..
