The Rising Tension

The phone on the table buzzed, lighting up with a name she never thought she would see again.

Adrian.

Her heart had skipped a beat, but she made herself not look at it-not yet, not when the anger was still fresh. She stared at the phone, trying to steady the shaking in her hands. It was a simple message, just a few words, but those words brought it all rushing back. She wasn't ready. Not now. Maybe never.

You gonna read it?" asked Leo, her training buddy, who had been ...