I chuckled deeply, and the other side went cold.
"Are you feeling okay there Rachel? Do you want me to come get you after the event. We can go to the ice cream joint or have some steak."I inhaled and exhaled loudly, resting my elbows on the rail. I took a brief look at the shimmering sun in the sky. "Are you still there?"
"Pretty much there...I lost track of what we were saying." I responded long after wiping off my eyes with the back of my palms. "I want to give Melissa something she wouldn't forget."
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She looked deserted after the hung phone call, clutching to it and gazing up to the towering figure in front of her. She forced a smile out and leaned back on the chair.
"You are more anxious than me over a little wound. It is just a bullet shot and a MRI nothing that much for you to fear." Jeraldine jokingly teased, nudging Shawn on his chin. "You are going to make people think I am dying with that expression of yours."
