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“It’s one thing to take some time, and another thing to run away.”

I hate that you’re right even when you’re imaginary

But I’m right too

I truly hope you can see that

Today 3:04 PM

Maybe you can’t see that

Today 3:29 PM

Still feeling very frightened

Today 3:36 PM

I want to ask you what you’re thinking

What you’re feeling

But I don’t know if I want to hear your answers

Today 3:48 PM

I’m in Hal’s tiny house right now

There’s a strange, perverse pleasure in being able to open the oven door while still lying in bed

Did I tell you I borrowed Hal’s phone because I forgot mine at home?

Oh shit I should’ve told you that earlier shouldn’t I

This is Sadie

Today 3:54 PM

Your best friend

Today 4:07 PM

Anne just let me know you’re ok

Anne wasn’t anywhere. No car around her. She wasn’t sitting in a driveway. James and Arthur’s house wasn’t there either. Just Anne and her phone and Sadie.

She scrolled back through the messages, reading them again, this time more slowly. Her index finger lingered on the bubbles, touching what Sadie had sent out into the vacuum of Anne’s silence.

None of the possible replies she came up with were right.

I’m okay, Sadie.

I’m as okay as I can be under the circumstances.

I’m not drunk.

I hate weighted blankets.

I told James and Arthur.