Page 22 of Bound By Secrets

My phone then starts ringing and I groan again, seeing that it's Kat.

"Hey, Kat."

"What happened tonight with my brother? Why didn't I see you at the bloody warehouse? Also, who is this sexy hunk that Brad's talking about? I thought we were becoming best friends, Callie. Why don't I know anything?" I can't help but chuckle at her rambling.

"Kat, chill. I was going to talk to you about it all tomorrow, considering we were going to plan something. Also, I didn't know you wanted to know about me and Nate. I wouldn't want someone to tell me if Connor or Callum had been kissing them and then almost-"

"Okay, yeah, this was a mistake. Don't ever tell me anything involving my brother. I think I almost just threw up imaginingwhat you might've finished that sentence with." I laugh again, glad she interrupted me before I finished that statement and had to explain what really went down with Nate.

"Anyway, that's not what I was curious about. Who's this guy that Brad was on about?"

"Sooo, you know we were talking the other day about that one guy."

"Oh my god!" I have to pull the phone away from my ear because of how loudly she screams. "He's back? When and how?" I pick at the fluff on my duvet as I debate what I should say in response to her questions. As we sit in silence for a few moments, I hear a faint tapping noise.

"One second, Kat."

I eye my bedroom door, waiting for the tapping to start again.

My head swings around to face the bathroom when the noise starts again. Someone's tapping on my bathroom window, and I have no doubt about who it is, and my heart flutters in my chest.

"Kat, I'll explain everything tomorrow, I promise. I need to go. If I don't reply to you in the next few hours, tell Connor and Callum I was with Ryker." I hang up before she can reply and then I slowly climb out of my bed and tiptoe over to the bathroom door.

As I push the door to the bathroom open, the tapping noise grows louder.

I stare at the window for a few moments, not sure what to do. I know that we need to talk about everything, but I don't think I'm ready for it.

I want to know where he's been and why he didn't contact me in the past two years but I also know that if Ryker has me alone, he'll realise that I'm different. He'll pry the information out of me and I know for a fact that when he learns about how bad my father and Cameron have got and when he learns about Fraser, he'll blame himself.

He'll also be furious and probably end up doing something stupid that will get us all in shit. I also feel guilty because of what happened with Nate tonight, which I know is ridiculous.

"Callie, I know you're there. Open up, please." His voice is muffled through the glass, but his words are pleading and soft, they kick me into action and I walk over and open the window.

He's clinging onto the drainpipe and has one leg outstretched behind him where his foot is balanced on a branch from the tree. This was how Ryker used to always sneak into my house.

"Can you let me in please, Pretty Girl?" I step back and watch him expertly climb through my window.

Once both feet are on the floor, he pulls the window closed and then turns to face me. His hair is a mess as if he's been running his fingers through it for hours, wearing black jogging bottoms with a black zipped-up jumper that moulds to his muscular arms.

"I thought we should talk. I don't want to wait any longer. Put on a coat and some shoes, and let's go back to my Mum’s. I don't want your dad to know I'm here."

I nod quickly and then rush into my room. I'm glad to be wearing a long-sleeved top and some leggings because if I was in my normal tank and sleep shorts, Ryker would've seen all the added cuts and scars on my body that weren't there the last time he was in my life.

I rush to get dressed and then join him in the bathroom. He takes in the coat and shoes I shoved on before turning back to the window and climbing out, waiting for me to do the same.

"Don't stare at my ass, Ryk, and don't touch it either when you're helping me down." He chuckles softly.

"I can't promise anything."

Kat:

I think Callie's being kidnapped!

Or something's going on… idk

Connor:

WHAT?

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