Chapter 39

Fox

“Hey, Darla,” I say into the cellphone. “It’s me.”

I hear a pointy inhale behind the silence. I wait, casually pacing the carpet on the foot of my mattress. Her curiosity will win her over, finally.

“Uh,” she lastly says. “Hey, Channing.”

I chuckle. “Hello.”

“How did you get this quantity?”

“You gave it to me, keep in mind?”

“Oh, proper.” She clears her throat. “What’s up?”

“I’m simply calling to verify on you,” I say. “How are you holding up?”

“You imply after the entire nearly getting murdered factor?” she asks.

“Yeah, I imply precisely after that.”

“I’m… peachy.”

I smile. “Stored your humorousness, although.”

“It’s a protection mechanism, I guarantee you.” She pauses. “Actually, I’m taking a while off from faculty, so…”

“How lengthy?” I ask.

“Unsure, really…”

Her voice fades. I ache with empathy, feeling like a misplaced teenager over again.

“Effectively, I’m close by if you wish to discuss, all proper?” I say. “It’s cliché, however I do know what you’re going by. Speaking helps.”

She snorts. “Oh, now you wanna be pals, huh?”

“I do.”

“I believed that prices an excessive amount of,” she says, amused.

“It does, however you possibly can afford it.”

“Actually?”

“Yeah, do me a favor. Are you close to a pc?”

“Uh…” She chuckles awkwardly. “Yeah.”

“Examine your financial institution stability for me.”

“Why?”

“Simply do it.”

Darla shifts round audibly till I hear her sit down, adopted by the short tapping of a laptop computer keyboard as she hums flippantly to herself.

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