Sophia
I waited until Wednesday to make the call, mostly because it took me that long to talk myself into it and then talk myself out of it and then finally back into it again.
"Hargrove and Associates, this is Sophia."
"Miss Bennett, it's Patricia Reyes, from the institute." Her voice was warm, familiar by now after weeks of emails back and forth about permits and material selections. "I hope I'm catching you at a decent time."
"You are, of course. What can I do for you?"
"Actually, I wanted to follow up on something you mentioned in your email yesterday. About restructuring the reporting line for the project."
I'd sent that email late Tuesday night, after another day of catching myself watching for Mark's name to appear on my calendar, after another afternoon of feeling my whole bo
