Joseph’s POV
“Hi, this is Tessa. State the reason you’re calling and maybe I will call back. Maybe I won’t.”
“Record your message after the beep—”
Click.
I shoved my phone back into my pocket and ran my fingers through my hair. What did Tessa’s text even mean? Was she drunk or something?
Carter said that Tessa went with Ruby back to her father’s farm, so the fact that she wasn’t close by and seemingly drunk really left an unsettled feeling in the pit of my stomach. I stared at the clock; it was later in the evening.
Since seeing Tessa’s text this morning, I wasn’t able to sleep. I tried to refrain from calling her today, but eventually, I caved. I couldn’t help myself. I just wanted to make sure she was okay and it’s not like I was going to bombard her at her father’s farm.
She made
