The Limits of Forever

Chapter 44- Break In

My phone buzzes in my lap and I pick it up and answer it.

'Hey.' Seb says into the phone groggily.

I would die for his voice if I wasn't about to be murdered.

'Seb.' I say quietly.

'Lexi?'

'Seb, there's someone in my apartment.'

'What?' He asks.

He still sounds half asleep.

'There's someone in my apartment.'

The other side of the phone is silent for a minute.

'Did you see them?' He asks.

He sounds more awake now.

He also sounds like he's a metre away from his phone.

'No.' I say 'They weren't facing me.' I take in another deep breath. 'Seb, they have a gun.'

I can feel the tears running down my face.

Why the fuck am I crying?

I wipe them off but my breathing has already begun to shorten and I'm breathing loud enough for Seb to hear.

'Baby it's okay. I'm coming, don't cry.' He says. His voice is drenched with worry and anger.

I hear a clicking sound, like he just reloaded a gun.

'Lexi, just stay in your room and lock the door. Stay quiet okay.' He says urgently.

I look towards the door, wide eyed.

I didn't lock it.

Fuck.

'Okay.'

I intended to say that quietly, but my voice just comes out weak.

'I love you.' He says into the phone before hanging up.

I bring the phone slowly from my ear and drop it onto the bed.

I stay rooted on the spot, my eyes trained on my door.

I can hear the floorboards creaking outside my room.

I take in a sharp breath, push myself off my bed and lock the door, just as the man on the other side of it knocks.

'Miss Camden.' He says in a sing-song voice. 'Open up.'

I back myself all the way to my headboard. I bring my knees under my chin and try my hardest to ignore the incessant knocking.

He's beginning to knock so hard that my door is shaking.

'I know you can hear me.' He hisses.

He shakes the door handle, and then takes to barging his shoulder into the door.

My heart is beating so fast and my breathing still hasn't calmed down yet.

'I know you're awake you bitch.' I hear him say.

Just as he says that, I hear my front door slam open and I hear the muffled sounds of Seb's voice from across my apartment.

The man slams into my door once more and I gasp as I hear the wood crack.

Then it goes silent, except for the odd grunt. Then the sound of three gunshots ring out.

I clamp my hand over my mouth to muffle the scream that left my mouth.

It's then that I feel the wetness on my cheeks.

Tears are streaming down my face. I have no idea when they started or why they won't stop but it seems like I was subconsciously panicking.

Now I'm very consciously panicking because I have no idea whether or not Seb is lying dead on the other side of the door.

I don't move from my seat and when I hear a light knocking on my door, I try to push myself further back into my headboard.

'Lexi it's me.' Seb says softly.

I let out a shaky breath that I didn't even know I was holding.

I practically throw myself at the door and unlock it.

When I open it Seb is standing there in grey joggers and a white vest. Both of which are covered in blood.

He drops his gun on the floor and steps towards me.

I wrap my arms around him, and I let the tears fall.

He kisses the top of my head. 'You're coming to stay with me baby, It's going to be okay.' He says gently.

I nod into his chest because right now, all I want is him and sleep.