"Kimbala."
The other end of the line was silent for several seconds. When he finally spoke, he sounded incredulous. "What are you doing there?"
"I wanted to come."
"Do you know how dangerous it is to go that far alone? I told you I'd take you after we were married!"
After. Always after. I gave a bitter laugh. "Every time Daisy needs you, everything you promised me gets pushed back. Vincent, I don't want to wait anymore."
He had no answer at first. After a moment, he said, "You're still angry about what happened at the gas station? I admit I didn't think it through. But we'd already driven so far, Daisy kept saying she had a headache, and she needed to catch the sunset. How could we have had time to go back for you?" He paused, then added, "I thought you'd catch up on your own."
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