Chapter 186

55 youtingI screamed so loudly my own voice echoed back at me. The figure on my bed moved quickly. “Hey, it’s me! It’s me! Why are you screaming?”I fumbled for the light switch, heart still pounding in my throat. The moment the room lit up, I saw Garrett sitting on the edge of my bed, looking startled.I let out a huge sigh of relief, my shoulders slumping. “Garrett! What the hell? You scared me half to death!”“Why did you scream like that?” he asked, eyebrows raised. “I just came to check on you.”I pressed a hand over my racing heart, trying to calm myself down. My whole body was still shaking. “Why are you even in my room? What is wrong with you? You can’t just sit in the dark like some creep and scare me half to death!”He rolled his eyes and leaned back against my desk like he hadn’t done anything wrong. “Chill. I went to your class today, and the teacher said you weren’t in school. So what happened?”