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I never heard back from Carter. All week I waited for him to call me back like he said, but he never did. I tried him a few more times, but each call went unanswered. I did not have a good feeling about that.
By the time I left work Friday afternoon, I was frustrated. I didn’t know what it meant that he wasn’t answering my calls, and without a clear deadline for when he needed to accept or reject the farm, I was just sitting on my hands, waiting for Carter to do something.
The only good news I had for the week was Melody invited me over for dinner. She said she wanted the three of us to spend some time together.
I still couldn’t figure out why she’d changed so quickly, but I was trying hard not to fight it. I wanted things to get better with Melody, so I was being open to whatever s
