Chapter 7 The Confrontation
- She doesn't answer for eleven minutes.
- I count them, actual minutes, watching the little bubble that never comes, the three dots that never start. I've sent a lot of texts in my life that took a while to get answered, but none of them sat in my stomach like this one does, heavy and getting heavier with every minute that passes without a reply.
- When the response finally comes, it's short.