Calista has cried for a long while and she soaked Aelina’s shirt. Eventually, she had to pull herself together because things needed to be done.
That was the thing about life; it didn't give a f**k if you were a broken mess, it'll still move on. It's not gonna pause for you to get your s**t together.
She asked Aelina to help her bring her phone and then begged to be alone. She called Cynthia and told her she was quitting.
“What?!” she gasped. “You… you're quitting? Is everything okay, ma'am?”
“Yeah,” she answered softly. “Everything’s fine. Just… You know how life is. It keeps moving. Things keep happening.”
Cynthia sighed, long and weighted. “Yeah. I know.”
They did the whole process through a phone call, and by the end of the call, Cynthia was sobbing.
“I'm going to miss you,
