Page 87 of Beneath the Light of the Moon
Unlocked phone in her hand, she recalled how he said he’d been expecting a call…
Anika tapped on the phone icon, searching through his call history and a name jumped out at her.
Mikko.
Her jaw clenched. Of course. It was from earlier in the day and lasted a couple minutes.
Pulling out her own phone, Anika compared the number to the unknown one in her phone, and it was a match.Again, when was she ever wrong. Triumph swelled in her gut.
Exiting out of Levi’s phone call history, she went to his messages. There, at the top, was Mikko again. For not liking one another they sure texted like grade school girls.
Glancing up, she listened for Levi’s return, but all she heard was the faint hum of his furnace and the cars on the street below. Without wasting any more time, she clicked on their thread. She scrolled up a bit, curious to see the subjects they talked about and found herself hardly surprised it was about her.
Enjoy the view?:Levi
Anika looked at the time stamp and saw it was from two nights ago when he came over to her house. The same night they made out on her couch.
Mikko:Fuck off
Did you think you could sneak off? That I wouldn’t notice you?:Levi
Mikko:I thought I told you to stop sleeping with clients
And I thought I told you to keep your nose out of my business:Levi
Mikko:It’s a bit hard when you work for me
Her brain quickly put the pieces together, the prickling sensation from that night not just from Levi and his annoying presence, but instead Mikko. He had been watching her, watching them, through her open windows.
What a naughty little thing to do…
Mikko was too predictable.
She scrolled a bit more and found messages from today.
Mikko:Is she there?
Yes, you told me to take her out to dinner:Levi
Mikko:To a restaurant
Mikko:Not your apartment
Mikko:Where I can’t see you
Maybe specify that next time. I can’t read your mind:Levi
Thankfully:Levi
Mikko:Did you at least buy the things I told you to? She’s vegetarian
Yes, I got stuff for veggie gnocchi soup, and I remember you telling me she likes bitter red wine:Levi
You owe me for the wine:Levi
Mikko:The money is already in your account
No, not monetarily. Dry wines are gross:Levi
