Fred held her hand as they stood outside her grandmother’s house Sunday afternoon. “You haven’t heard anything other than the one text?” “I saw.I love you.I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” That was it.No call.Just the text.She was so confused. “Nothing.Not another word.His father called me this morning to tell me Isaias was in Texas,and he would be home today.If his father knows he said nothing to me.” Fred looked at her sadly,“he said he loved you and he’d talk to you today.” “I know.” “Your experience him with thus far has been when he’s dealing with something he backs off to get his head straight.Remember the video?He went radio silent because he wanted to fix it.Right?” “And the gala,he went silent because he was trying to get his temper under control with Trent.”

