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“So if that was the case how did you end up doing this job?”
“Maybe I lost the boxes,” she said.
“Sounds like you were set for college,” Doc replied. “Isn’t that a box?”
“Maybe we could continue this conversation another time?” Topaz’s phone buzzed in her lap saving her from traveling down a dark road. Having let one tear drop today was more than her allotted amount.
“Okay. When do you want to set up another video chat?” Doc asked.
Topaz swiped her finger across the screen to answer the call before it went to voicemail. “Next week same day and time,” she offered but didn’t wait for a reply before disconnecting. “Nanna. Is everything okay?”
“Oh, Sarah dear. Everything is fine. I was just wondering if you could get some more of that medicine I use for my asthma?”
“Sure. I’ll go to the clinic today. I’m sure I’ll be able to get you some. I’ll mail them out right away.”
“Oh, that would be great sweetie. Thank you.” Topaz talked to her Grandma for a few more minutes then hung up as the music got louder for the lunchtime guests.
Her body was drained and she really hadn’t even spoken to Doc. A full session might hurt her, then again anything with her past was painful. Right now, she knew she was in a pain cycle and at some point, she wouldn’t be able to outrun it. Glancing at the clock, she knew she had about an hour before the mail would be scooped up from the post office. Strange, how she’d learned all the ins and outs of Turnabout Creek. This really had become her home. Roadkill was right, this wasn’t a place, it was her home.
