Nothing. I just wanted to sayhi.
I feel awful for being so off thegrid.
Claudia:Don’t apologize. We just want you to beokay.
Any word from thecops?
No.Nothing.
Rayna:LIZ!
No!aaa:How long are yougonna
stay “inhiding?”
Not sure. I hate to say that I’m stillspooked,
but Iam.
No!aaa:Totallyunderstandable.
Being attacked isscary.
Claudia:Fuck yeah. Itis.
Do whatever you need to do,babe.
You know we’re here foryou.
Another chat alert pops up.I click over and see Claudia’s messaged meseparately.
Heeeey
Heylove.
Youokay?
No. Notall.
Also I think I fucked something elseup.
What??
As I’m aboutto type out my sexually related sins, I hear the front screen door slam open. A second later, I hear Silas telling Joe Namath to move. He comes storming into the bedroom, all wind and dripping rain. His face is kind of red and he’s sweating. He has a large Target bag in his hand. I almost drop my phone. I feel like I’ve been caught, but that’s not the reason my body gets hot all over the second I lay eyes onhim.
“Hey,” I say, swallowing the sudden nerves in mythroat.
“Are you busy today?” hesays.
“No. What’sup?”
“Well I wanted to take you to the drive-in tonight, but I drove by there and there’s about three inches of mud in thelot.”
“Oh. Yeah, getting stuck in the mud doesn’t sound like a goodtime.”
“No, it isn’t. But we could go to the movie theater in town. I haven’t seen any of the summer blockbusters yet. If you wantto.”
“Yeah sure. It’s not like I have plans. Everythingcool?”