CHAPTER TEN

Nikki sighed.

She picked up her phone and watched our Uber ride approach from the app and sighed again.

We were by the roadside, almost a mile away from the hospital. Vehicles zoomed past us into the highway ahead of us. Our Uber was late, the day was dark and Nikki's phone blew up non-stop. Her parents were calling her. She had passed her curfew and I knew that would be an issue for her at home. She was never out from eight and it was eight thirty.

"What am I going to do, Nikki?" I trembled head to toe. I bit down my shaking fingers, chewing out my fingernails as I transformed into a bag of nerves.

"Nikki." I cried out but to no avail. She wouldn't even look at me, just her phone and the road.

"Nikki, you are not even saying anything!" I cried even louder.

"Say what?" She snapped. "Say what, Colette? I'm asking you. You caused this for yourself and…just leave me be. For now." She faced the road and screamed at the incoming traffic. "Jeez! Where is this man? Oh God! What is even h