Chapter 174 Maybe Forever

• Juliet woke up early the next morning and found the side of the bed empty. She got up from the bed and was about to go look for Alex when the door of the room was opened by him, and he walked in, with his phone close to his ear. "Yes, she is awake now," He said and walked to where she was standing; Alex handed the phone to Juliet. "It's joy," he said, and Juliet took the phone from him. Her eyes were etched with a bit of confusion that was mixed with curiosity and a hint of worry... "Good morning dear" She heard Joy's voice and in comparison to the way she had called her name last night on the call, she sounded more lively, like nothing was wrong, to simply put it, she sounded cheerful. "Good morning, joy; how was your night?" Juliet said; Alex's hand snaked around Juliet's waist, his eyes locked with hers as she spoke to joy at the other end of the line. "I'm sorry for making you worry... took some sleeping pills and didn't know what I was doing, Daniel just told me this morning that I called you and I can't even remember" Joy explained and found it odd because she didn't only call once but multiple times, on different occasions, did she take sleeping pills then too. Juliet had an unsettling feeling. "Oh, I'm glad you are doing alright," Juliet said, hoping Joy would tell her if something was wrong. "Oh dear. it must be because I took my sleeping pills with some red wine. one should never do that, it might cause trouble and make other worry and you know the last thing I want is to cause trouble" Joy said and the unsettling feeling in Juliet's mind increased... "I should have called you sooner," Joy added, and juliet heard it, even though it was just a hint, and it didn't even last for a second. she was sure she was not imagining things. Before juliet could speak to her, she heard Daniel's voice. juliet immediately handed the phone back to Alex and took a step away from him. she was trying to think clearly about everything. Alex eyes were on juliet as she stood in front of him. He could see the worry in her eyes. He spoke a bit to his uncle and soon ended the call. and juliet didn't know how to tell him she was still worried even after hearing that joy was fine. her gut feeling kept telling her that something wasn't right. "Are you alright?" Alex asked, and juliet sighed deeply. "Do you think they had a fight?" She had Alex, who didn't seem to be worried like she was. he seemed rather calmer than she was
• maybe it was because he knew them much longer and better than she did. "Fight?, they rarely fight, and I've never heard them fight before. they love each other, " Alex assured. "Do you think they fought?" He asked, and juliet shook her head and smiled slightly. "I must just be overthinking things," Juliet said... "Do you want to pay then a visit soon?" Alex asked, and juliet shook her head. Alex sighed deeply. The first thing he did when he woke up was call his uncle up to make sure everything was fine. Everything sounded fine to him, but he could see the look of worry in Juliet's eyes...
• "I have to go to work soon, will you be fine on your own?" Alex asked, and juliet nodded. "I have some work to do too," Juliet said, and Alex nodded. he left her to get ready for work while juliet stood there in the middle of the room... she walked to the side of the bed and picked up her phone... she changed the number she saved as "Unknown" to "joy," so if Joy called her again, maybe they could finally talk well... she sighed deeply and sat down on the bed. juliet ran her hand through her hair. her mind trailing off as she thought about so many things. it was a soft knock on the room door that got her attention, Alex opened the door and propped his head through the open door. "I'm ready for work" he said and juliet nodded. she came out of the room and took Alex hand and walked him to the front door of the apartment...