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I sat up, feeling discombobulated My first instinct was Katie Where was she? Was so?

But once my mind cleared, I checked the ti Katie would still be asleep She had started sleeping through the night at six months old, and I knew I had at least another two hours before she started calling for me

My next thought washad happened to my dad? He wasn’t as spry as he used to be and had been at the doctor for a heart arrhytho—

I picked up the phone, and when I saw the nuht about ignoring it but knew that if I did, she’d only call over and over again until she got hold of me

With a deep breath, I put the phone to my ear and prepared myself for whatever catastrophe Josie Robinson had in store for me

“Hello?” I sounded groggy,

“Hey, Web Did I wake you?” Josie spoke softly, whispering so low I could barely hear her

“Well yeah, it’s not even five in theit would only escalate things, but I couldn’t help it Josie was an inconsistent communicator, and her calls usually cahter I had grown used to these late night/earlyinterruptions

“I’ was, she sounded like she meant it Which, she probably did As upset as I ith my ex and how she’s acted, I liked to think that deep down, she was a decent person Aits delusional head again

I rubbed the spot between“What’s up, Jos? I have to be at work in a few hours, and Katie will be waking up soon”

“How is our Katie Bug?” she asked in that sae whispery tone Was she in the room with someone and didn’t want to be overheard? It was hard to tell with Josie anyether for years, even if it was years longer than we probably should have been

“She’s the same wonderful kid she’s always been,” I answered tersely, annoyed how she could still lay clai

“Maybe I could talk to her?” The question seemed forced As if she knew she should ask, not that she wanted to

“She’s still asleep like I said” I tried to reet to the point of the earlywake up call “What do you need?”

She cleared her throat “I need you to send me some paperwork I left behind”