I Need Help

The night had fallen, cloaking the city in a shroud of darkness, but inside Lizzie’s apartment, the oppressive quiet was even more suffocating. She sat by the window, her face illuminated by the dim light of her phone, her eyes glued to the screen. The cold glow cast deep shadows under her eyes, mirroring the growing anxiety that gnawed at her insides. She had tried calling Calvin over and over again, but every call went unanswered, the silence on the other end of the line only amplifying her fears. Each second that ticked by without a response tightened the knot of dread in her chest, like an invisible hand squeezing her heart.

Lizzie's fingers tapped nervously against the back of her phone as she stared out into the dark streets below, her mind racing with horrible possibilities. *Where is he? Why isn’t he answering?* The questions circled endlessly in her mind, refusing to let her find even a moment of peace. She couldn’t shake the feeling that something had gone terribly wrong. He
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