I DID IT TO PROTECT YOU

‘Good,’ I thought happily. My hands moved towards my bedside, my gaze roaming around as I looked for my phone. “My phone, where is it?” I thought. My eyes widened in horror as the last time I held my phone came rushing back in my mind. Jennifer cut the call on me, and before I could keep my phone, I was dragged out of the alley. “Oh God,” I muttered. My phone must still be somewhere back in the alley. “So where is it, Leah? Huh? Where is your proof?” Jennifer asked, feigning a sympathetic smile. “I must have lost my phone in the alley when…” “Oh please, don’t you get tired of lying, Leah?” Jennifer asked, shaking her head with a sad smile almost like she pitied me. My face deepened in a scowl, as anger burned through me when I took in her expression. My eyes shifted from hers to Ethan, whose stare had not left me. “Ethan, believe me, I had proof. I really had proof on my phone, but somehow…” “Enough, Leah! Enough!” Ethan roared, cutting me short. I stared at him in shock, taking in the