She’d never considered he might have other plans. Other female-centric plans. She’d been gone for two months with only a handful of texts as communication. She wouldn’t have waited for her.
I’M SORRYIRAN.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT
RUNNING IS YOU USUALLY
END UP RIGHT BACK WHERE
YOU STARTED.
WHAT IF WHENIGET
THERE NO ONE’S
WAITING.
Wasn’t that her biggest fear? That when she found her way home, there’d be someone counting down the time until she left.
THERE’LL BE A PIECE OF
PAPER ON THE TABLE
WITH MY NUMBER ON IT
BEGGING YOU TO CALL ME.
I’D CALL. LIKE A REAL
CALL WHEREICOULD
HEAR YOUR VOICE.
YOU NAME THE TIME.
NOW.
ILIKE NOW.
ME TOO.
ACTUALLY I WANT TO SEE YOU.
She so liked now. She needed now. But she’d run so far from him, they were a good five hours distant from each other. And she couldn’t just leave Teagan high and dry. She knew her sister would need her more now than ever.
MY SISTER KIND OF NEEDS
ME. HOW ABOUTMONDAY?
MONDAY DOESN’T WORK FOR ME.
Right. Like other adults, he worked Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday, and all the weekdays.
HOW ABOUT NEXT WEEKEND?
I’M STILL STUCK ON NOW.
IRAN TOO FARFROM YOUFOR NOW.
