CHAPTER 19
Brett had been gone a total of two days and I was hoping he’d be home by the evening. He didn’t call during my lunch break like he always did, so I was clueless as to what was going on with him or if he was already on his way back. On my way home from work was when my phone finally rang with a call from him.
“Hey,” I answered excitedly. “Where are you?”
“I’m trying to get home to you,” he replied, and I could tell a smile was on his face by the tone in his voice; it made me smile in return. “Actually, I’m in Texas right now. I couldn’t get a direct flight back so I had to come here. I should be boarding soon … hopefully.”
“So you’ll be home tonight?”
He chuckled. “That’s the plan. You better be ready for me.”
“You know it. So how did everything go with your meetings?”
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