Chapter 55 - Detective Neil (2/2)

” Okay then. Good luck.” I hung up the phone and I started to have so many questions on my head. More like worries and tension bring piled up inside my head.

What's his plan now? I thought that he will stop his stupidity after the fight he had with Stella. But he's again planning and plotting against me. Just one more day Stella. Please don't let something bad happen again.

I came back to my hotel room. Taking a cold water bath made me feel little bit calmed. Wearing a bath robe, I began to wipe my hair with the towel. My phone was laying on the bed. I picked it up and opened Stella's contact number. She was just one tap away from me. I was not sure if I should call her or not. Is she asleep now? Having dinner? Or doing some work? I don't know. My eyes stayed focused on the phone screen. There was another question which was making me feel uneasy. I'd rather not even speak of it.

What if she's with Ray?

Yes, I won't do the same mistake ever again. Being jealous will only bring the evil out of me. I don't want to become savage. I want to stay quiet and deal with it calmly. Even if I call her, I'm afraid that I can't ask her about her time with Ray. Oh I can ask Neil about that. It will be better to ask him what happened. My phone was still in the palm of my hand. When I decided to call Neil, My phone rang up.

It was from Stella. As soon the name of Stella came on my phone screen I got startled. The phone fell off on my face. Yes, I was holding the phone while laying down on my bed. Damn. It hit hard when the phone smashed my face. I never thought that having my phone fell over face would hurt this much. The phone was still ringing. I didn't had any time to waste on my pain. Grabbing it quickly I picked the call.

” Hey.” Her voice sounded bit dull this time.

” You okay?”

” Yeah. I'm good..... how was your day?”

” Fine and your?”

” Nothing special. I went out with Ray.” I didn't thought she will say it by herself. But why does she sound so sad? It's like she's kinda depressed.

” Oh. You had fun?” I wanted to act calm and not seemed bother by it. She knows that I got jealous of Ray, she was telling me thing beforehand so that I won't get mad with it. That's really thoughtful of her.

” Hmm.” There was a pause but then she spoke those words which made me shocked. My stomach felt twisted and I cannot explain what I felt that time.

” I miss you.” Those three words, they were filled with emotion even I can feel it hearing it from my phone. I am sure that she was upset that I'm absent from her life.

” I miss you too.” My mouth has shaped into a deep smile, sadly she won't know it or feel it.

” I hope you get home soon.”

” Of course.”

I didn't hung up or looked at my phone to see if she had ended the call. I knew she was holding the call, staying quite. The silence was too much but yet we both were holding our phone, waiting for someone to say a word.

But none of us said anything. Too awkward perhaps? The phone was cut off by her. Why was she sad? Is it because of me? Or something that has happened today? I have no clue to guess.

It's the time for me to take some rather unusual decision. I hope it will not disappoint me.

~ to be continued