Riley
“I’m going to miss you so much.” Debbie clutched at me, sniffing as she fought back the tears I had seen in her eyes.
“I’m not leaving forever Debs.” I smiled into her hair. “It’s just a few weeks.”
“I know but…” she clutched me a little tighter. Squeezing the air from my lungs.
“I’m allowed to miss you , you know. We are besties.”
“We sure are.” Seeing her emotional was having a strange effect on the calmness that had settled over me since my last conversation with Elliot. I had let myself be charmed by him when I should have been professional.
I was a professional, I couldn’t be having romantic notions about him. It would only lead to heart ache like it had with Carl.
“I’ll miss you as well, but I will check in as often as I can, I promise.” Extracting myself from her arms,
