Chapter 90: Don’t Push It
By the time Jamal was done narrating how Genevieve had mistake Stefan for him, Callan was howling with laughter, not minding that it was the early hours of the morning.
"I’m so glad you woke me up from my boring sleep with this story," he said amidst his laughter.
"Well, I’m not done with the story. There’s more. Only that it might not be as funny as this. But give me a moment to call Emily and Mari," Jamal said, and before Callan could ask him any questions, dialed the numbers of both Emily and Mari.
Emily was the first to join the call. She received the call using her EarPod knowing it was a group call but too distracted with her shopping to notice Callan was also on the line.
"I’ve been waiting for you to call back all day, Jam. I swear to God I’m going to kill that jerk Cal before the end of these six months. Can you believe I texted him and all the jerk could say was, Hm? Like Hm? Who responds that way?" She asked incredulously.
Although Jamal could have stepped in to interrupt her and let her know Callan was on the line, he decided not to, and to let Callan respond himself.
Hearing her, Callan chuckled, amused by the anger in her tone, "What normal person texts a person at almost midnight when they’re trying to sleep and expects a normal response?" Callan fired back, since he had barely dozed off when he received her message notification and the only reason he had bothered to click on the message at that time was because it was Emily. He hadn’t even realized he responded to it until now.
Emily froze for a moment when she heard his voice and then quickly picked up her phone to check again if she had heard correctly and her eyes widened when she saw his name displayed on the screen.
She slapped her mouth, wondering why she had not looked properly before receiving the call. Thankfully she was saved from responding to that when Mari received the call.