Cornered

Nate observed the piece of paper with Lara's notes. He observed it with so much focus that it almost started burning.

He couldn't throw it away! He had read the words and had taken his decision, but the notes were supposed to end in the trash bin. But how could he discard something Lara made for him?

In the end, he found a solution. He put all the nodes in a folder and kept the folder in the drawer, safe. That way, he wouldn't need to get rid of her messages. After all, she wrote those especially for him.

He was somewhere halfway through his reading when he received a call from her.

«Yes?» he answered after counting to three. He didn't want to look too desperate by replying immediately.

«Hello, Nate,» her voice said on the other side.

He smiled, leaning back on the chair. He couldn't see her that day, but she had called him with her own free will.

«Hello,» he replied, already lost in happiness.