"Ava left?"
It was a weekend evening.
Sam arrived at Sophie's house right on time to make dinner.
Unusually, Sophie wasn't waiting idly in the living room this time; she seemed to have something she just had to say.
While Sam was handling the ingredients at the sink, he calmly responded, "Yeah, she left this morning. She's home now."
The message had come in earlier, and Sam had kept his promise by replying to her text right away.
Ava seemed quite satisfied, but why only temporarily? Well, there was no helping it. Sam couldn't predict when Ava would message him, and he couldn't always be glued to his phone.
Promises made too easily often lack credibility. The more you want to keep them, the more hesitant you become.
