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He waited a few seconds. "Just tell me what's wrong."
"I'm telling you that noth—"
"Just tell me what's wrong!" he repeated, sounding as if he was about to sit in his car and drive to Petrichor for her.
She chuckled through her tears. "I love you."
There was a moment of silence. "Yeah, I know. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Worry-bat!" Giselle lay on her bed, and her voice got smaller as she said, "I miss mom." It wasn't a lie. Her mother had left a wound behind her that always ached.
She heard him exhale. Was that relief? "I know..."
She blinked her tears away, wanting to tell him about Xavier, wanting to ask him to guide her and to tell her what was the best way to deal with everything. But she knew that Chris already hated her boyfriend, so what was the point?
Unable to solve her problems, she focused on her grief instead. "I still can't believe she's gone. You remember her, don't you?"
She heard him chuckle sadly. No words followed.
"Who am I joking?" She laughed through the tears. "She probably loved you more than me."
"Giselle," he called, his voice gentle enough to work as a band-aid. "Everyone loves you. Rose loved you. Abbott loves you. And..."
"You love me, too, I know." She sniffed.
"Yeah, I do," said Chris, his voice velvet-like.
"Chris," she whispered.
"I'm here."
"Do you think she's happy?"
He stayed silent for a moment. "Not completely."
She blinked twice in the dark. "Why?"
"It's not easy to wait."
She wiped away a tear. "What do you mean?"
He let out a long breath. "If I die and go to Heaven, I'd wait for you. I would be happy knowing that you'd be there with me one day, but I wouldn't like waiting. So no, she wouldn't entirely be happy."
She smiled. "You'd be in Heaven. You'd be able to do anything you want!"
"Yeah. So?"
She whispered, "Why would you wait for me?"
She could feel a smile in his deep voice as he said, "It wouldn't be Heaven without you."
Her heart skipped a beat. But before she could acknowledge it, her eyebrows merged at the sound of a girl's voice saying, "Chris, do you also want some green tea?"
"Who was that?" Giselle tried sounding cheerful but the words tumbled out exactly as she'd felt upon hearing the mystery woman's voice—shocked. It wasn't because there was a girl in his house, which was fine, but because... Well, she didn't know. Maybe because he hadn't bothered telling his best friend about her.
"No, thank you, Abby. Do you need my help?" he said to the girl. Giselle heard her say that she was good, and then he replied, "I'll be with you in a minute."
She cheerfully told him to take his time before he said to Giselle, "Hey, I'm back."
