*Elio*
The other side of the phone went dead silent for half a second, abrupt enough to make me check if the call was still connected or not. Apparently, it was, and I shrugged, letting her gather her thoughts.
“Well, is he okay or not?” Cat snapped out her impatience in a tone that was more than familiar to me.
I didn’t mind. I understood that she was still very anxious about whether this guy was good or if she had introduced a trap to her best friend. She’d been tricked once, and as angry as it made me, it had made her even warier.
Junior hadn’t just hurt her. He’d torn her trust in people to shreds.
Cat was protective of those she loved. I knew that. It was one of the things I loved the most about her, which was why I didn’t take her angry tone to heart.
