Carmen’s phone rang. She’d been hoping Liam would call and now he finally was. “Hello.”
“Hi, Carmen. It’s Lily.”
“What happened? Is Liam’s mom okay?”
“She had a heart attack, but she’s okay. Umm… I’m with Liam at a bar.”
Carmen’s chest tightened. They’re friends. Friends go to bars together. “Why are you calling me?”
“He’s really drunk. I don’t want to call his family. I was hoping you’d come get him.”
So she wasn’t good enough to drink with, but she was supposed to clean up after? “Why don’t you just take him home?” The words hurt to say.
“I could. It wouldn’t be an easy task, but I would. The thing is, he’s been talking about you since we got here. I think he wants to see you, but he’s too stupid to make the call himself. So I took his phone while he went to the bathroom.”
Carmen
