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 truffles

competition.”

widen.

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

Adam,

that Adam told me about,” he says, still drying his soaked hair with

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

It’s close to where we were mushroom hunting the

a trespasser, or maybe they were warning shots… for

chill runs down my spine after hearing this. Suddenly, I don’t care so much about the truffles

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

Abby. Had to jump into a creek to

knots, both from relief and the sudden realization

Karl. Go d, you could have

I wasn’t. I’m here. And I’m

I really wanted to bring them to you,

for me to process the depth of what he’s saying,

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