Chapter 70. Elizabeth

I could feel his breathing hitching on the other end of the line, he was trying to speak but couldn't. My father was saying something to him, I could barely hear him over the line. My father was saying something to him, I could barely hear him over the line. 

What do you mean, you're going to New York," said my mother after a few minutes, "you're crazy, what's wrong with you," now she began to scold me. 

I decided this morning," I paused for a moment, "I'm leaving in a month.

I had told him the estimated time Kevin had for the publication of my novel; if travelling to the United States became a real option, I would leave the country before the month I had mentioned to my mother.

What will happen to me?" he began to say, "To Alisa? To Andrew? To your father? You'll leave us all... 

Eventually, we'll all leave each other," I said subtly, "only I'd be bringing that future forward a bit.