Dionne
His eyes widened as he suddenly began to stammer. "Wait... wait, really?" His voice was filled with disbelief, but when I turned the screen toward him, showing the soft glow of the battery indicator, he broke into laughter. "Thank God!" We couldn’t stop smiling, the relief so overwhelming that we both ended up laughing harder than we should have. For a moment, I let myself get lost in his gaze, enjoying the moment, as this was all I had prayed for all night, that we could escape these lonely, dark woods and I could see my mom again.
"Have you called anyone yet?" he asked, interrupting my thoughts.
"Nope," I replied, clearing my throat and breaking the spell.
He raised an eyebrow almost instantly, teasing. "You didn’t call your mom?"
"I don't know her number by heart." I repli
