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NOVA:Apparently, they don’t cut grapes into heart shapes.
CHARLIE:That’s weird.
CHARLIE:Must have been a limited-time thing.
NOVA:It’s cute that you’re holding on to this.
CHARLIE:I have no idea what you’re talking about.
CHARLIE:I’m going to have to cancel. My meeting is running late.
NOVA:That’s all right. Call whenever you’re free.
CHARLIE:It might be a while.
NOVA:I can wait.
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
CHARLIE:My calendar is a nightmare this week.
CHARLIE:I’ll try you again later.
[MISSED CALL FROM Nova]
NOVA:I had a walk-in and squeezed them in between two other appointments. I’m sorry I missed you.
[MISSED CALL FROM Nova]
NOVA:You better not have left your phone at home again.
NOVA:This is harder than I thought.
NOVA:Wow. You must be busy if you didn’t immediately spin that into a joke.
NOVA:Call when you can.
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
CHARLIE:I know it’s late, but I wanted to try.
[MISSED CALL FROM Charlie]
CHARLIE:Fuck, I miss you.
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“If you don’tpass me the potatoes, I’m going to lose my fucking mind.”
I blink up from where I’ve been studying my phone beneath the table, willing it to ring. Beckett is scowling at me. It would be more intimidating if he wasn’t also wearing his pair of pink fluffy earmuffs. The ones he uses to muffle sound when he forgets his earplugs.
Or when Evie isn’t here to remember them for him.
“That feels excessive.”
