Their messages continued, and they wrote about more than the game and playful taunts. She kept him updated on her progress. Cost and distance prohibited speaking live either over video or voice. A lot of meaning could be lost in text but some communication, however filled with misunderstandings, was better than nothing.
Merit sent back short replies, but they were accompanied by pictures of his house and the children, Dare and Clarity. He soothed her anxiety without even knowing.
Her news shocked her friends. They tried to talk her out of it with heavy-handed sympathy about her loneliness and rationalizations about taking the death of her parents hard.
Right. If she battled mere loneliness, she’d continue in her same old habits, follow the same old routine, and keep meeting the wrong me
