Eliseo seemed to realize something all of a sudden.
His knuckles turned white as he clamped down on his phone, and he spoke to the person at the other end of the line.
"I'll definitely be there."
"Perfect, that's a deal then. I'll wait for you to get back," Dennis said cheerfully, a grin in his voice.
Right before the call cut off, he swore he heard Dennis brag to someone off the line, "See, honey? I told you he'd come back for sure. No one can say no to our little girl."
The voice cut off abruptly, and Eliseo's heart skipped a beat right as the line beeped once, sharp and final.
He rummaged through his bookshelf and pulled out that tattered old diary.
Even though the ink on its pages had faded a little over the years, every word was still perfectly legible.
I pray that when we me
