**Always about Alecia**

Before she could ask what he meant her phone buzzed on the bed, after a quick glance she declined the call.

Few seconds later it rang again.

She didn’t reach for it right away. It lit up briefly, faint light spilling across the sheets before going black again. She didn’t need to check. The name alone was enough to make her stomach tighten.

She stared ahead, her arms crossed loosely over her middle, and let it pass.

Lucas, still sitting of his chair with one ...