“Hey Rick.” Nicole nervously greeted as she picked the call.
“Nicole, why did it take you so long to pick up?” Rick questioned the moment he heard Nicole’s voice.
“I, um… I wasn’t close to my phone. Uh.. how are you doing?”
“Are you okay? You sound nervous.”
“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine.” Nicole replied, internally cursing herself for not being able to hide her nervousness.
“Vanessa and I are worried about you. You didn’t show up at work. We went to your apartment to check up on you, but your place was locked… where are you?”
“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you guys because everything happened so sudden… Something came up, so I had to leave New York in a hurry.”
“What’s wrong. Did something bad happen?” Rick asked, sounding worried.
Nicole felt really bad lying, but she had to keep up with the a
