Abby

The shock of seeing Karl drenched and out of breath still hangs in the air as my mind races, trying to

piece together why he’s in this state, why he’s been missing all day.

“Karl, what happened? Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea how worried I’ve been? We

needed you today!”

The words tumble out in a rush, fueled by anger, annoyance, and although I won’t admit it, maybe a hint of

relief at seeing that he’s here and that he seems okay.

Karl looks at me, his eyes apologetic. “I’m sorry, Abby. I know I messed up, not showing up and not

answering your calls, but it’s because I was trying to do something for you.”

My brows knit together in confusion. “For me?”

Enter title…

words carefully. “I went to find those black

competition.”

widen.

about the sketchy dealer that turned out

about Adam,

the place that Adam told me about,” he says, still

about those guys. The whole place is crawling

to where we were mushroom hunting the other day. In fact,

caught a trespasser, or

this. Suddenly, I don’t care so much

safety. “Karl, are you insane?

almost got caught, Abby. Had to jump into a creek

from relief and the sudden realization of how close I came to

hurt, Karl. Go d, you could have

downcast. “Yeah, but I wasn’t. I’m here. And I’m sorry I couldn’t get those

really wanted to bring them to you, but

takes a second for his words to register, for me

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