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Hearing my best friend’s voice causes another tear to roll down my face.
“Hey, Kayla.” I swallow and try to hide the emotion from my voice. “I’m good. How are you?”
“Fine, just wishing you were here to hang out.”
“Yeah, I know.” I let out a long sigh. “I wish I was there, too.”
More than you could possibly know
“Hey…” Confusion laces her voice. “I thought you said you wouldn’t be in cellular range while you’re away?”
How convenient of the Immortals to include that in their mind manipulations.
“I found a town with a decent internet connection,” I say as convincingly as I can, knowing I’m not a good liar.
Lucky for me, Kayla can’t see my face.
“Oh, that’s cool.” She jumps right into updating me about life since we last spoke.
We chat for a while, and I do my best to seem normal. Kayla tells me about her breakup with Josh—no surprise there—and the recent snowstorm that caused the town to cancel several holiday events. It’s all so mundane, sonormal. I can’t help but envy it.
Then, she hits me with something I wasn’t expecting.
“You know, you should call Kevin.” The words are casual, but there’s an undercurrent of innuendo that I don’t understand.
I scoot my back closer to the wall. “Why would I call Kevin?”
“Um… because you guys are friends?”
True, I guess, but we aren’t friends who talk on the phone. Now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure I’veneverspoken to Kevin on the phone.
Suspicion creeps in.
“Kayla…” I trail off, my forehead furrows. “What aren’t you telling me?”
Has something happened to Kevin?
Why on earth would I need to call him?
She exhales. The line crackles with static. “Look, I’m not going to say anything else. Just… call Kevin. Okay?”
This is weird.
I want to press her for more information, but knowing Kayla, if she says she won’t say anything else, she won’t say anything else.
“Okay,” I finally relent. “I’ll call him.”
“Great.” I can practically hear her smile through the phone. “Well, sorry to cut this short, but I need to get ready for work. But will you text me after you talk to Kevin?”
“Okay…”
“Great. Talk to you later.”
“But I?—”
Kayla hangs up before I can say anything else.
I lower the phone with a huff and stare at the screen. What in the world was that about?
