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“Really?” Exciteh my voice

A slight grin crossed one side of his face, and I felt my face flush

“If you want to call the coet your interview rescheduled, you can Phone is on the coffee table”

“That would be great, thank you,” I said

I crossed over to the living room and picked up his phone It eird to see someone with a phone that didn’t have a password or a thu on the mountain There was no one around to snoop or steal his phone I called the office again, and this tiet someone They had already tried to callto rateful

I went back into the kitchen after grabbing the book frohtstand I sat at the little table in the eat-in area and read while I occasionally looked up to watch hi or correct him, but I held it in I was determined that whatever he served reatest, most authentic dish I had ever been served

It turned out I didn’t need to be so worried about acting h dinner While it was a far cry fro or of the chefs Dad called on to make us family meals, it was better than I expected The sauce was a bit thin, and it could have done with a touchcooked by non-Italian person At least he served the pasta al dente

After we ate, I hung out at the kitchen table and eventuallymuch, and I kept my nose in my book while he kept his nose in his own, but ere at least in the sa ti, especially with the cabin fever that was starting to rear its head

As the evening began to creep over the sky, I thought about Sammi and how terrified she had to be that I suddenly wasn’t responding to her Knowing her, she es and called a dozen times more by now

“Aiden?” I asked

“Yeah?”

“Do you mind if I make another call? My friend back in New York and I usually talk every night, and I want to let her know I’m okay”

“Sure,” he said “I have so in anyway Phone’s over there”

I followed his finger to the television stand where he had his phone sitting on one of those eed with a USB I picked it up, thanking him, and checked the reception It had three bars, which I assuot on the mountain and went into the bedroo on a coat