Chapter 77

Jesse

“Nah, fuck this. He won’t even pick up.”

Jesse put the phone back in his pocket and resumed walking. But on the other hand, they had gone for a few “drinks” in the past couple of weeks.

“Maybe it wouldn’t be too weird if I sent him a casual what’s up message.”

“Okay, whatever.”

He took his phone out again and wrote a message.

It only said:

“Hey. Just heading over to this place at 45th and Elms.”

He hesitated before sending it.

“Who the fuck sends a message like that.” Then he pressed send.

“Shit. Why did I do this? How do I delete this?”

Jesse tried to delete what he’d sent when the screen said “Delivered.”

Jesse stopped breathing, staring at his phone.

“Okay, he saw it.”

He waited for a few