Joanna released Audrey's hand. And without answering her questions she sat up with her back leaning against the headboard.
"I don't know…. I don't know Audrey," Joanna muttered as she stared into space.
Audrey stared at Joanna not knowing how to comfort her at the moment.
Seeing Joanna behave like this was her first time so she didn't know the right words to say.
She squeezed herself into the tiny space. Because she wasn't balanced laying on the edge of the bed, she almost fell off had Joanna not grabbed her in time.
"Are you ok?" Joanna shifted inwards to create more space for Audrey.
"I am, all thanks to you," Audrey whose hand was wrapped against Joanna's waist replied with a smile.
There was quietness in the room afterwards.
"If something is going on between the two of you then I suggest that you talk to him about it," Audrey puts an end to the awkward silence.
"Coming home sulking daily won't change anything. There are no misunderstandings talking things out won't resolve. Keeping quiet will do more harm than good…," Audrey trailed.
"That is what my mum always told me and I have seen it work wonders in my family so heed my advice. If you like him so much then have a heart-to-heart talk with him…,"
"I never said I like him…,"
"Being in denials won't change anything so be a good girl and listen to Big Sister's suggestion," said Audrey while lifting her hand to pat Joanna's hair.
"Boring," Joanna exclaimed as she pushed Audrey's hand away.
She closed her eyes with her hands placed on her stomach.
[Drey is very right about this. This is no time to act willful or throw tantrums. Every passing second is indicating that I am running out of time…. If not for anything but my mission, I need to get my act straight and avoid any form of distraction]
Joanna cautioned herself.
Laying there with her eyes closed she began strategizing what to do the next day.
"You will catch a cold laying this way," Audrey said when Joanna didn't move for a long time.
Assuming that she was asleep Audrey sat up, and pulled the blankets to cover the two of them.
"Let me hug you to sleep tonight. Who knows you might feel better with this," Audrey mumbled as she pulled closer and embraced Joanna with her left hand.
[My best friend will always remain the best… and not unreliable like Kay]
Joanna opened her eyes a few minutes later.
To confirm that Audrey was asleep, she waved her right hand at her face. "She is asleep. I wonder whether I will be able to get a wink of sleep tonight".
Joanna lifted her hand to stroke Audrey's face but only for her to retract her hands. "How could I forget that she gets sensitive getting touched by the face whenever she is asleep?" She said as she stared at her best friend's sleeping face.
Although Audrey was nowhere close to ugly there was a different kind of charm she exudes whenever she is asleep.
"I can tell that her mate will not resist falling in love over and over again with her each day he wakes up to behold her sleeping face," Joanna mumbled. A sweet smile lingered on the corner of her lips.
"Goodnight best friend," she said. She soon closed her eyes.
After about an hour of tossing on the bed, Joanna's desperate wish got granted. She soon drifted to sleep.
The next day, the two ladies laying on the bed cuddling each other were awakened by the loud ringing tone.
"Drey…," Joanna called with her eyes still closed.
"Drey," She called for the second time when no response came. With eyes still closed she began feeling the bed for Audrey's face.
"Drey… that is your phone so pick it up now… the ringing tone is giving me a headache," Joanna gave a gentle pull to Audrey's cheeks when she found her face.
Just as she expected, the half-awake Audrey sat up on the bed.
Sleepily, she stretched her hand to the side table where she kept her cellphone.
The half-awake Audrey struggled to pick up her cell phone lying on the side table.
Without checking the caller ID Audrey answered the line and brought the phone close to her ear.
"Hello, is that Young Miss on the line?" An anxious voice asked.
Audrey needed to only hear the word "Young Miss" for the sleep in her eyes to vanish. Her half-closed eyes opened to reveal her black orbs.
"Yes, and who is this?" Audrey's tone while answering the line caused Joanna's eyes to flutter open.
With ease, Joanna listened to the conversation even though it wasn't put on speaker.
Audrey was sitting way too close that her heightened sense of hearing automatically worked without her having to activate it.
"Who are you, stop keeping quiet and say something?" Audrey's heart began beating rapidly despite the that the caller hadn't said anything.
Only a few people liked referring to her by that title and the first group was her family's employees.
For some reason, she felt restless after hearing the lady's voice whose phone call woke her up from sleep.
"It's me, Miley, Young Miss," Miley finally introduced herself.
"Yes, Miley, what is wrong and why does it sound like you are crying?" Audrey asked worriedly.
"The house got attacked by some unknown and someone got hurt…,"
"What!" Audrey yelled with widened eyes. She jumped up from the bed in a flash.
"Repeat that?" Audrey demanded still in disbelief. Joanna climbed out of bed and joined the anxious Audrey where she stood.
"The house was under attack by some men while we were fast asleep. Someone got hurt during the attack," Miley repeated her words in case Audrey didn't hear what she said.
"Miley, try to keep everything under control over there. I will be home in a minute," Audrey replied instantly approaching the brown door.
"But…," Audrey disconnected the call before Miley could talk further.
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