Page 173 of Sincerely, Your Enemy

I think you have the wrong person.

With that, I put my phone on silent and shove it into my back pocket. It’s no big deal. Just a wrong number.

So then…

Why do I have this nagging feeling brewing in the pit of my stomach?

Lacey

The end of my shift rolls around in the blink of an eye. I was worried I’d spend the afternoon ruminating over the mysterious text message from the unknown number, but things were so crazy I didn’t get the chance to overthink.

Then I had to get home, do some laundry, cook the kids dinner, and the next thing I knew, I was falling asleep on the couch. Thank God Daniel showed up at eight and woke me up.

He’s just gotten back into town to move into his new place.

We were supposed to be at the party at eight thirty, but I knew there was no way I could shower, decide what to wear, get ready, and drive over there in thirty minutes. So, I texted TJ and the girls that I’d be running late.

I get to the club a little after ten. The most embarrassing part is it took me five minutes to find a parking space near the party and another five just to parallel park—what? Everybody knows hot girls park like shit.

I pull out my phone to text TJ that I’m almost there, only to see that I have three new messages.

The first message is from the unknown number.

When I saw they hadn’t texted me back earlier, I convinced myself that I was right and it was a wrong number, but them texting me again brings back the bad feeling from before.

Unknown Number

Keep telling yourself that.

My last message said, “I think you have the wrong person.”

So, basically, this rando is saying hemeantto text me?

Okay, this is too weird for me. I don’t think twice and block the number.

Only then do I realize that I also have a text from Aaron.

I haven’t seen him much since we got back from spring break. Last I heard, he and his parents decided to extend their trip. The guys like to joke and say he was too scared that TJ would beat his ass up for the way he humiliated me at that party. If I’m being honest, I haven’t thought about him in a while.

It’s a little weird that he’s texting me.

Aaron

Were you invited to Theo’s party?

Why wouldn’t I be invited to Theo’s party? That just seems like an odd question to ask. After giving it some thought, I decide to answer to get to the bottom of it.

Lacey

Yeah. Why?

Maybe he’s asking becausehewasn’t invited?

I don’t allow myself to think too much into it and select my conversation with TJ.

TJ

Waiting for you by the entrance.

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