her. She picked up her cell phone and dialed each one of her friends, one at a time, having the same exact conversation with them.
“Hey, it’s Hannah.”
“Hey Hannah, what’s up?”
“Going out of town for a bit, need a vacation.”
“Is that hunky bear going with you?”
“Ha ha, no, this is a solo trip.”
“Ok, well, have fun.”
“I will, and please be safe while I’m away. Maybe even go on vaca yourself.”
“I’m always safe. Security is crazy good my building.”
“Good, good. Well, I’ll see you in a few weeks.”
“Ok, good luck on your solo trip.”
Hanging up the phone, Hannah closed up her suite case and headed out of the door, locking it behind herself and tossing her keys randomly into the bushes of her next door neighbour. They were safe there, her neighbour never did anything with their garden, and nobody would think to look in a disgusting over grown bush for her house keys.
Her next stop was the bank, she was happy to know her bank still had its late hours. Hannah emptied her accounts and let them know she was going away for a few weeks, so not to worry about credit card activity. Once she had her life savings in cash inside her suite case she headed to the train station. Hannah asked for a ticket to anywhere, she didn’t care; the clerk gave her a funny look but shrugged and rung up a random ticket that left her on the train for 6 days. Hannah was content with that, paid cash and headed towards the trains.
She climbed aboard and found an empty cabin, tucking her suite case away and curling up into a small ball on one of the seats, resting her head on her hands as she tried to fight back her tears. Failing, a stream of salty water left her eyes and dropped along the pleather seats, creating a small pool of liquid next to her cheek. Her phone rang over and over again, Tyson trying to get a hold of her, she declined the calls every time, not wanting him to get any confusion on wither or not she was ignoring him.
Continuing to cry Hannah called up the 24 hour service line for her phone company and asked for them to block Tyson’s number, telling them to block all unknown callers as well. As soon as that was done, Hannah let out a sigh of relief, curling up even more and falling into a light, nightmare filled sleep.
Chapter Six
Hannah stretched out her arms, sitting up in her temporary bed, rolling her neck and cracking all of her sore bones. She took a deep breath of the fresh air and climbed out of bed, heading straight for her small kitchenette and putting on a pot of coffee. Rummaging through her suitcase for something warm to wear, she tossed on a sweater shirt and a pair of cozy jeans, grabbing one of her favorite Danielle Tennant novels and heading back over to pour herself a cup of coffee, wandering through the cabin to the front porch, snuggling into the blanket on the porch swing and enjoying her morning.
She had experienced 2 dozen of these types of mornings, once she was off the train she decided to camp out in the woods somewhere and found herself a nice log cabin to rent. She hadn’t planned on staying away for so long, but the peace and quiet relaxed her, and the woods gave her great coverage to shift to a bear any time she desired, letting her roam in her animal form free of worry or fear. While sipping her coffee and getting lost in her trashy romance her cell phone went off, picking it up to see Karen’s name displayed on the screen she decided to answer it.
“Hey Karen.”
“Hey Hannah honey.”
“How are you doing?”
“Oh, I’m doing well. Missing you, and I’m not the only one.”
“Aww, I miss you too, and the other girls.”
Hannah smiled at the thought of her friends, she did miss them, but she was happy to stay away from anywhere near Miami and she knew they were safe with regular phone calls to each and every one of them.
“Well the girls miss you,
Vicki Keire
Anna Castle
James Twining
Janet McGiffin
Marita A. Hansen
Gord Zajac
Betty Hicks
Sara Donati
Meghan Boehners
Whitney Boyd