“Hello, the person you called is unavailable. Please try again later.” It was the fifth time I called Christopher but failed to reach him. If my memory served me right, Christopher hadn’t mentioned or even hinted at going on a mission before he left.

 

Why can’t I get through? What on earth is going on? Could it be that Christopher is indeed on a mission? Otherwise, why didn’t he let me tell Mark his whereabouts? After all, Mark is my father. Anyway, perhaps there is something sensitive that I shouldn’t know about.

 

drafted a text message on my phone. In it, I asked Christopher to be careful

that the draft wasn’t good enough, I rewrote it to sound overbearing. Christopher, since you’re my right-hand man, I have

late at the

opened the door and was shocked to see Isabelle. It was the first time she visited me ever

asked, “Mom, do

your time. Are you

 

I shrugged. Noticing that Isabelle frowned, I added, “I didn’t ignore Tobey. On the contrary, he showed up late and his girlfriend ruined our dinner. Do you know how embarrassed I was? His

you say Tobey’s girlfriend

said, “Well, who doesn’t have past romantic relationships? Since Tobey is an outstanding man, it’s nothing unusual for other women to fall for

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