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?”

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went to find those black truffles you needed

competition.”

widen. “You

his story: about the sketchy dealer that turned out to be a

about Adam,

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

out, Adam wasn’t kidding about those guys. The whole place is crawling with

It’s close to where we were mushroom hunting the other day. In fact, those

we heard. Maybe they caught a trespasser, or maybe they

chill runs down my spine after hearing this. Suddenly, I don’t care

his safety. “Karl, are you insane? That’s dangerous! What

almost got caught, Abby. Had to jump

into knots, both from relief and the sudden realization of how close I

could have been hurt, Karl. Go d, you could

“Yeah, but I wasn’t. I’m here. And I’m sorry

bring

register, for me to process the

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