Page 81 of When We Lose


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I smile.

“Are you alone?”

“Would I talk to you if I were?’

“Would you be with someone, considering…?”

He chuckles.

“I don’t know.”

“What kind of answer is that?” I murmur.

“What kind of question is that?”

“Fair…” I say.

“Would you like to be here with me?” he asks.

“I wouldn’t say no.”

A few moments pass.

“What did he do to you?” he asks.

I pause, no longer smiling.

“Carinõ?”

“Nothing. We had a fight. I don’t want to talk about him. I just wanted to hear your voice.”

My words sound affectionate, and they fully express the truth.

I missed him.

I also miss being carefree. Not having chains around my heart.

“How’s life in Manhattan?” he asks.

I smile faintly.

“Crazy. I ran into Roman this evening.”

He pauses.

“I don’t want to talk about them,” I say.

“Them? Is there something I don’t know?”

“No. Roman and Kai attended a business dinner this evening.”

“I know that.”

“You do?”

“Yes. I didn’t know they’d get together tonight, but I knew Roman had flown to New York, and Kai had told me he was busy tonight.”

‘Doing what?’ I almost ask.

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