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EDEN

“And? Is he picking up yet?”

I had come over to Alicia’s house after work to speak to her. She sounded so worried and I didn’t like the fact that she was crying.

I removed the phone from my ear, cursing under my breath at Henry.

“No, he didn’t.”

I didn’t even know what to say to her because it was very weird for him to do something like this. One thing that Alicia had always prided herself in was the fact that he was always with his phone and he would always pick up at every time. She has always joked that he was more married to his phone than her.

“Do you know what country he traveled to?”

She took a moment to clean her breath and wipe her nose before answering.

“Um” Her voice was shaky. “No, when I asked him about it, I can't even remember what he said but I got distracted and I didn't end up hearing his answer.”

I sighed and crossed the room to where she sat.

‘I’m sure everything is fine. He may end up calling you this evening and telling you how bad the connection was. Henry i