Suddenly the Phone Went Dead

Suddenly the phone went dead and it was silent all around me. The only reason I rang her was to ask her if she wanted to come over because I was bored. I tried to ring her again and my phone was fine, so something was wrong at her end. Lots of different thoughts were going through my head and most of them were bad. I knew it wasn't the weather because today seemed unusually different, it was sunny. It was during the day so I didn't think anything too bad had happened because someone would have surely seen. I got my dog Max and put his lead on him and I left the house slamming the door behind me.
It usually only took at the most five minutes to get to Jessica's because she only lived a street away, but today felt like I'd been walking for miles. …