Ioni started having more alone time with her friends, without Raber, beginning in August as a sort of preparation for his departure. She was thankful that Arlie and Nathan were staying in town so that she wouldn"t feel so alone. Of course, her friends were wise to her reasons for wanting happy friend time.
“He"s only gonna be forty-five minutes away, you know,” Nathan had said.
“Won"t he be coming home on the weekends anyway?” Arlie asked.
They were right, all of that was true and it was what kept Ioni from having a complete meltdown over his leaving. She knew that if she needed him, it was completely reasonable for her to get in her car and go to him or vice versa. However, she and Raber had already discussed his not being able to come home every weekend. She understood that with hi
