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The second-to-last was ato call the police to file apersons report He’d already asked and they’d told thee ca by the ti them all

Drake: Baby, please come home Jackson told et that you’re mad and hurt, but please co ti If you don’t want to talk to me yet, I promise to leave I just need to see you with est text he’d ever written es from him as well, and I played the the texts I’d already read My box was full by Saturday afternoon, which es Once I was done, I looked at Aubrey and realized she was crying too

"You ready for this?" she asked

"Not really, but it’s not like I can feel any worse after talking to hiht now," I said as I dialed the number and held the phone toup before the first ring was even done He didn’t say anything else He just waited for ether so I could speak

"Drake, I need to see you, too," I choked out in a raspy voice,I had done

I heard hih on the other end of the phone "Where are you? I’ll coht now"

"I’in the background "No, I’o anywhere I’ll be there as fast as I can"

"Okay," I agreed "I’ll text you the room number"

When the call ended and I’d sent him the text, I turned to Aubrey "Drake is on his way so we can talk"

"Do you want me to stay? If I leave, you won’t have a car here in case your talk with hio well," she warned

"Go ahead I can always call you if I need a ride"

"Are you sure? I can hang out downstairs just in case," she offered

"I’ht now, Aubrey," I ad I know for certain is that I need to find out what happened Why Drake would believe that aboutyou alone yet I’ll pack up the car, make sure Drake shows up like he said he would, and then I’ll wait until you text me that it’s okay for me to leave Okay?"

"Yeah, that’s probably for the best If you don’t want to be here when he gets here, then you better ive me a chance to say ot a couple ht," she said as she threw our stuff back into her bag "Don’t forget to let o If I don’t hear froave her a quick hug and ran into the bathroom to onizing over what I thought was the end of our relationship, crying, and having night et rid of the red-rimmed eyes and dark circles My hands trembled as I played with my hair I was so nervous about ould happen next

After a couple minutes, there was a knock on the door I went to answer, and there he was He looked as tired as I felt He had a black eye and a puffy, bruised lip fro him close, but I stood there with my arms wrapped aroundseemed so aard I took a step backwards to let hirabbed one ofwith hie of the bed and just looked at each other for a couple o of my hand and couldn’t seem to look away from me

"Why, Drake? What could I possibly have done to deserve your accusation?" I finally asked

He looked down at our hands and shook his head "Fuck, Alexa This wasn’t your fault I never should have yelled at you the way I did Don’t talk like that"