Eden replied to Jonah's texts the next day at work but refused to come over. The same applied for the rest of the week.
Not seeing her was worse than seeing her and trying to keep the dark cloud hanging over him hidden but only just. She had noticed something was off with him and kept pestering him about it, which was what led to this fight of sorts.
He figured she would understand if he told her why he was like this. The problem was that if she knew about the anniversary coming up, she would probably insist on spending the day with him so he didn't have to be alone and he didn't want that.
He wouldn't be alone anyway. He would have both his grief and Aunt Mel's to contend with. The remaining members of his family would simply watch on helplessly like always.
