Chapter 37: Mark Leaving
Grace didn’t want Mark to leave on this note. They’d been friends for too long to ruin the friendship now.
He sighed. “I’ll be okay. I just need some time, Gracie. I’ve loved you a long time. It’ll take me time to stop.”
“Mark, I wish I’d known.”
“No, I wish I hadn’t said anything.”
“Why?”
“Then I’d be here for you instead of running away licking my wounds. Just don’t call me for a few days.”
“Fair enough, Mark.”
He grunted.
“Mark?”
“Yeah, Gracie?”
“I’m sorry I don’t feel the same.”
“Not as sorry as I am.”
The dial tone shouldn’t have surprised her, but it did. She returned the receiver with a heavy heart.
***
Grace’s phone rang again an hour later. She snatched it hoping it was Mark.
Instead a woman’s voice came on the line. “I know what you are.”
She’d had prank calls before when she was more open about her gift. Since she didn’t broadcast her ability anymore she hadn’t received any.
Until now. Her voice left her for a moment.