Alina put herself on the list of medics who wanted to be near the action. After that was all settled and she was packed, it was just a waiting game. They could be sent out at any moment. She threw herself into work at the hospital to distract herself.
One late afternoon when she got off work, she checked her cellphone. She was shocked to see almost a dozen missed calls from the same number. She called the number back, as they left no voice mail.
"Alina," a very familiar voice said. "Don't hang up, you need to hear me out."
"Brandon..." she whispered.
"Alina... I messed up."
She just held the phone to her ear, too shocked to speak. It had been almost a year since he banished her and she hadn't heard anything from him or Elsie since.
"I... I should've kept you. Elsie bankrupted us,
