Chapter 74

"I'll be there, alright? I said I would be! When are you due again?" "A month and a half." She deadpanned, clearly angry with me for not remembering the date. I quickly scribbled it down on the post it in front of me while mumbling a quick okay and I love you. My heart weighed heavily in my chest when she huffed at my words. "You don't act like it." She shot back before hanging up the phone. I stared at the device in bewilderment before resting it back on its hook and leaning back in my chair. I swiveled around to look out of the large glass windows behind me at the view I payed a pretty penny for. I fucking hate this city I sneered to myself in my head. I was excited for moving here right out of college, but now is a completely different story. I don't know what everyone bragged so much about this city - the one they claimed never slept. It was dirty, smoggy, filled with drug addicts and criminals, if you ended up on the bad side of town there wa