Chapter 72

"Hi," Devlin said quietly.

"Hi, I was just about to call you," Faith answered.

There was silence on the line for a few seconds then he spoke. "I'm sorry about--"

At the same time, Faith started, "I wanted to apologize--"

They both stopped and laughed. "You go first," Faith said.

"Okay. I was saying that I'm sorry about what happened. I shouldn't have reacted that way. I could have just trusted you, waited and then asked you about it later instead of flipping out."

"And I wanted to apologize for reacting rashly as well. I know you only reacted that way because you care about me."

"We could have both handled that a whole lot better."

"Yes, we could have." Faith curled up on her bed. "Thank you for the food as well. I didn't realize I was starving until I opened the bag."

"I knew you wouldn't remember to eat."

She giggled. "Now that I have you, I don't ever have to remember again."

"I suppose that is right," he said gravely.

They both laughed. "You know, there is nothing going on between