She called out a goodbye to Patrick and Neil as she all but jogged to her car. As soon as she drove around the corner, out of their line of sight, she pulled over and parked, tried to make her body stop trembling. Nothing happened. You stopped by your friend’s house. You dropped off shoes. Nothing happened. But she couldn’t make her bones hear a different tune.

She was sure she’d get a text, but nothing came. When she was invited to a party where she assumed he’d be, she declined.