Chapter 68

"I... am almost done with my work." Melissa carefully observed the moving shadows from the floor above, paranoid that someone might walk down randomly and catch their conversation, "Murphy, it's two o'clock in the midnight. Why aren't you sleeping yet?" "I've been awake for two nights straight. When I closed my eyes, I could only think about Nancy…I have been anxiously waiting for you for two days and two nights. I don’t want to wait anymore." Murphy seemed a bit agitated. He hated this prolonged wait. He wanted to kill the man who had bullied Nancy. Feeling Murphy's state to be frantically extreme, Melissa feared that he might lose control and disrupt their plan ahead of time. "Murphy, wait a bit more, I'll call you as soon as I finish my arrangements..." Melissa softly advised him, covering the lower part of her phone's microphone with her hand. She felt like there were movements upstairs. She wasn’t sure if it's just her imagination spurred by her excessive nervousness. Thinking tha