Page 93 of Heal Me

“Love you too.”

I hang up and look out the front window again. There’s still no Jocelin, so I open the text app on my phone and fire off a message to Bjorn.

Me: Hey, roads are really bad

Me:No need to risk lives or cars

Me:See you tomorrow at your place

About two minutes later, a reply comes through.

Bjorn: Probably safest

Bjorn:You’ll have your hands full anyway

Me: What? Why?

Bjorn:winky_face emoji

Me: Wait! Was Jocelin there? Have you heard from him?

Bjorn: Left about 20 min ago. Should be there soon

Bjorn:See you all tomorrow

All? What does that mean? I shut the text thread because I know Bjorn, and I’m not getting any more out of him. I switch to my message thread with Erik.

Me: Hey, roads are really bad

Me:No need to risk lives or cars

Me:See you tomorrow at Bjorn’s place

Erik: Was just about to text you that

Erik:Jules and I are staying put

Erik:We’ll be at Bjorn’s bright and early

Me: Sounds good

Erik: You’ll be busy tonight, anyway

Me: What does that mean?!

Erik: Gotta go. Jules needs mewinky_face emoji

Me: Erik! What does that mean?!

Erik:point_right emoji ok_hand emoji

Me: Eww. Not what I meant!Nauseated_face emoji

Me:middle_finger emoji

Erik:rofl emoji

I slip the phone into my pocket, relieved to know Jocelin probably isn’t in some ditch somewhere. Well, as of twenty minutes ago. I’m just about to break down and text him when I see headlights coming down the street through the snow. I hurry away from the window so he won’t catch me lurking. He teases me enough about that.

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