Luci’s POV:

My palms grew sweaty as I held my buzzing phone in my hand.

Sure I had ducked this conversation with my father for a few hours, but did I really have to answer the phone now?

I felt a pressure pressing down on me from some invisible force. Even if I couldn’t see it, I could feel it.

“You should probably get that.” Gavin’s words were smooth and as soon as I heard them my chest began to hurt less.

I ...