Groaning, her eyes firmly shut, Kathleen groped for the shilling phone on her nightstand. She mumbled incoherently to herself as she picked the receiver and lay back on her soft fluffy pillows. "Hello?" "Derrick?" Sitting up straight on her bed, she squinted at the alarm clock on the nightstand. The distance between Derrick and her is breaking their friendship, she hadn't been talking or picking his calls since Nevada. "Derrick it's 5:00am in the morning." Rubbing one hand over her face, she held the receiver away from her ear as she shakes her head to keep herself awake. "How can I help you, Derrick?" Kathleen we need to talk." "You've been avoiding me since you left Nevada without even seeing Bill." "What's going on Kath?" He asked her quietly, his voice sounding tensed. There w

