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needed someone to pick me up, I'd lost my wallet in the scramble so I didn't
have any money and there was none back at the house to my recollection. There
was no way I was being dropped off at the clubhouse in this state as I knew I'd
cause an apocalypse so therefore I could only see one option...I needed to call
Ramsey.
    I recalled seeing an old fashion payphone further down this
road on the journey to the party. There weren't many around these days due to
people using mobile phones but they hadn't totally removed all of them in the countryside.
I took the slow walk using the light from my mobile to guide the way to prevent
standing on anything nasty. Shooting pains inside my stomach halted my progress
several times but I simply rubbed the area doing the best I could to sooth the
pain. I felt exhausted from the attack but I knew that I needed to be strong
and reach the payphone in order to call for help. I could've quite easily
curled into a ball at the side of the road in the long undergrowth but I knew
if I sat down, I wouldn't find the motivation again to get back up. I slowly
dragged my feet along the cold concrete careful of any potholes and stones that
may hurt my already fragile body. I glanced up looking down the road to see if
I'd made any progress, my eyes were now becoming accustomed to the dark and I
could see a small light in the distance. My heart leapt inside my chest at the
realisation that I'd made it to the payphone. I quickened my stride as the
adrenaline pumped at the excitement that help wouldn't be too far away but then
the doubt quickly set in, what was I going to say to him? If I let Ramsey know
about the attack he'd tell Mark and it would become a club issue. I didn't want
that I wanted to just deal with one thing at a time, I just needed to be in the
safety of my own home and then decide what I wanted to do.
    I prayed that the phone was working. Payphones were prone to
vandalism but this was in the middle of nowhere so I doubted it would have many
people passing it on a daily basis. The pungent smell hit me as I opened the
door, I stepped in careful to not tread on anything nasty and closed the door behind
me. I felt safer in the confines of this box as if I had a protective wall
around me. I eagerly picked up the receiver and let out a heavy sigh of relief
when I heard the dialling tone and rested my head on one of the panes of glass
in the door to calm my nerves.
"Come on Lauren, not much more to do," I said aloud trying to keep my
momentum going. I pressed the receiver to my ear and dialled the operator.
"Hello operator can I help you?"
"I'd like to be put through to a number but reverse the charges," I
scrambled to get the napkin from my handbag and held it tightly between my
fingers and thumb although shaking from the shock.
"Could I please have the number?" the operator asked in a monotone
voice, "And your name?"
I replied by giving her Ramsey's eleven digits and my name, I only hoped that
he'd pick up and accept my request.
"Hold the line please," the operator went silent leaving me to listen
to bleeping as she tried to make contact with Ramsey. It soon matched the
rhythm of my heartbeat as I eagerly waited for either Ramsey to pick up or the
operator to tell me the call had been declined.
    "What's up Lauren?"
I let out a sigh at hearing his voice but his concern was evident in just those
three words.
"Ramsey," I said relieved that I was talking to him. "I need
help, can you pick me up?"
"Is everything ok?"
"...yeah, it's just that Brooke has left me and I don't have any
money." I wanted to play it down, he didn't need to be told any more than
that.
"Where are you babe?"
"That's the thing I don't really know. I'm at a payphone down the road
from the party in High Laver."
"Okay, stay in the phone box. I'll ask around where the party is and I'll
come pick you up but it's going to take me twenty possibly thirty minutes to
get to you."
I smiled knowing that he'd come, "Ramsey!"
"Yeah babe?"
"Can