Would you talk to me again if I said I haven’t told her yet?
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I woke up this morning to the sound of a text notification from Pedro. Last night, I asked him if he had told Kim that I was in Missouri. And the answer I got this morning was a relief.
I sat on the edge of the bed, stretching. Marco's side of the bed was cold. That meant he'd been up since earlier, and there was no sign of him in the room. The clock still showed eight in the morning. Had he left already? This early?
I finally just decided to go to the bathroom, clean myself up quickly because today I was going to surprise Kim. I could already imagine her tiny eyes widening in shock before she bombarded me with a million questions about why I was back in Missouri.
On my way to the bathroom, something outside the window c
