Chapter 3

"Sweetheart, you haven't called me in forever? How's my pretty girl doing?" The loving, raspy voiced cooed from the other end. "Grandma." I choked out, unable to fight off the fresh onslaught of tears. I heard her mumble a worried oh heavens under her breath before she muttered something to someone in the background. "I'll be there in a jiffy sweetheart, don't you worry." She assured me before saying that she loved me and hanging up. Pulling myself back up to my feet, I carelessly grabbed the comforter off of the perfectly made bed and wrapped it around my body as I slumped towards the couch to resume my somewhat-wallowing - which I now had to identify as such because there were, in fact, tears added to the mix this time. True to her word, there was a knock at my door about twenty minutes later. Clearing my throat and wiping at my tear streaked face, I checked the peephole before swinging to door open and letting myself be enveloped in my grandma'