Chapter 25 - Alice

 Alice

I was trying to forget about the twins. Trying, but failing miserably. All I could do was dragging myself to work day after day. And I put in my EarPods and tried to drown out my own thoughts with loud music.  For the first couple of days, I was bombarded with texts and calls, mostly from Gillian. 

 I miss you Alice. 

Please call me back. Let’s talk about this. 

Are you okay? 

But when I continued to ignore them, they grew few and far between, until they stopped altogether.  I caught myself checking my messages for the fifth time tonight.  “You are such an i***t Alice,” I growled at myself. I pretended that I had really pulled out my phone to change my playlist.……