Voicemail

[goddamngrenades]

You have reached the voice mail system of FOXTROT 12.

When you are finished recording, just hang up or press pound for more options.

To request a locksmith, press one.

To hear these options in Spanish, press dos.

To send a verbal confirmation of a written command, press three.

To send a written confirmation of a verbal command, press four.

For delivery options, press five.

To page this person, press six.

To locate your nearest operator, press seven.

To leave a call back number, press eight.

To repeat this message, press nine.

Press zero for other options.

To mark this message as urgent, press eleven.

Thank you for calling, have a nice day.

BEEP


Comments

Re: day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

Now? I think he's still at a hotel or something. He needed somewhere to stay.

Re: day 170 | late in the night

[ghostthatlingers]

[She shakes her head. Figures.]

Thought as much.

Re: day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

He had a right to want to be somewhere safe. Just like you've got a right to that now.

Re: day 170 | late in the night

[ghostthatlingers]

[Great, now she gets to hear it from this angle, too.]

Don't want to hear it, York. I wouldn't have let Omega do anything to him. If he tried to lay a finger on Church, I would have put a bullet in him right then.

day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

You know the thing about fear is that it's irrational, right? Things get to people in ways that keep them from thinking straight, it's a gut reaction.

That's what his fear was. Irrational.

day 170 | late in the night

[ghostthatlingers]

Doesn't change how much bullshit it was that he ran off. [She sighs and her fingers trace over the rim of the mug.]

You know I called someone else in to stay over as back-up. Even after meeting Omega and being threatened, he didn't run the fuck off.

day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

He wasn't personally traumatized by a fragment of himself. So. Fucked up as your relationship with him was you don't get to turn around and call Church a coward for doing what was best for his mental health.

day 170 | late in the night

[ghostthatlingers]

If our relationship is fucked up, it's only because this place is full of bullshit. How much do you even know about his mental health? First thing you did when you saw him was punch him in the face and I didn't even know you two were on speaking terms until just a few minutes ago.

day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

I'm guessing he's a good judge of what he can and can't handle, is all. And we're on texting terms.

day 170 | late in the night

[ghostthatlingers]

That doesn't mean I can't be pissed. I haven't heard from the asshole in days.

Re: day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

Maybe he's back at the house, I dunno.

day 170 | late in the night

[ghostthatlingers]

Doesn't matter, I'm not going back tonight. [Mug in one hand, she makes a show of opening her duffel bag to shift through its contents.] You don't have to stick around, I know you have crap to do.

Re: day 170 | late in the night

[goddamngrenades]

Take your time, Tex. Get some real rest, alright?

[ With that he's out, locking up behind him. ]