Every cell in me had been desperate to call Toby, and I had already begun to press the button when I hesitated. I would be disappointing all my girls if I was the first person to break.
He had left first, and I could never throw away my shame just because I was missing him. This isn’t the first time he has been away; I was sure that I could brave this storm.
I have already lived 24 years of my life without him; surely I could do more. It was in that same vein I decided to call Ariel; she could be a great distraction from the chaos in my head, and it has been long since we last talked.
“Maddie!” She literally screamed into the receiver as she heard my voice, and I held the phone away, but my poor ears had already taken the brunt. “It is you.”
“Obviously.” I rolled my eyes at the absurd
