It was now Friday and Akina hadn’t seen Kyle since Wednesday when they hang out with his cousin and her friends. She had waited for him to pick her up from school or texted her yesterday to tell her he wouldn’t make it and that worried her.
Akina was sat on her porch as she rolled her phone in her hands as she contemplated calling Kyle. They had 22 days left and she planned to spend each day with him until their time was up. Would he still want to hang out with her even after their time was up? Or would he leave her just as she had expected him to do from the onset?
“You can do this, just suck it up and call him.” She told herself as scrolled through her contacts. She only three contacts, Kyle, her doctor, and her dad.
Taking a deep breath, Akina dialled Kyle’s number and listened to hi
