Chapter 94. The Rabbit Hole

Alicia's POV

"And so accounting is really getting quite interesting, thanks to tutorials and-"

I'm finding it difficult to listen to what Clarissa is saying because the feeling of being watched is back. I flick my eyes around the cafe nervously. There are two girls in front of us chatting amongst themselves, and to my right is a middle-aged man drinking some beverage and reading the newspaper.

The only other person is sitting at the left corner and he's on the phone arguing with someone from the way he keeps gesticulating. None of these people look harmful, and neither do any of them look like they're watching me, but you never know.

"ALICIA!" 

I blink repeatedly and turn my attention back to Clarissa whose face is scrunched up in anger. She's got that hard glint in her eyes and her left eye has begun to twitch. 

Uh! Oh! Shit's about to hit the fan now, for sure.

"I'm really sorry, Clar, I'm just out of it now," I