XIII.

[Voice memo, received six months after leaving Indiana].

(Androgyny). I’m SO sorry for missing our call last night! Thank you for being so flexible. I was thinking, if you’re not super busy at work today, we could send a couple voice memos and at least catch up a little bit. How was your week? Whatcha been up to?

[End transcript].

[Voice memo, sent immediately]. 

It’s okay! You don’t need to apologize; life happens. Um….I’ve been okay. I’m trying to remember what I did last week…(thinking). Oh! I don’t remember if I told you or not, but I’ve befriended my neighbor next door. The one whose parents have a farmstand, and they’re always giving him, like, tomatoes and peaches, and he shares them with me? Did I tell you about him? Anyway, I went over to his place for dinner on Saturday, and he has these cats who are SUPER friendly and snuggly, and the last cat I snuggled was yours, and I missed it SO MUCH. I was honestly in heaven just sitting there with them crawling all over me. They’re the sweetest. (Smile). So yeah, that’s my highlight for the week: cats. How are you? How was your week? 

[End transcript]. 

[Voice memo, received].

Wait...is there something going on? With this guy? (Mischief). My week was boring; let’s talk about this instead!

[End transcript].

[Voice memo, sent]. 

Definitely nothing going on between us. You know when you meet someone and you can just tell that they’re as fucked up as you are? Like, you don’t even have to explain it and they just understand? It’s that type of thing. Not romantic in the least.

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