After Autumn left, she pulled out her phone and opened her chat with Keith. She typed a message, deleted it, typed again, then erased it once more.Her heart was uneasy. Even if they were nothing more than friends, at a time like this, shouldn’t she at least check in?At last, she pressed send: I heard your mom’s in the hospital. Is it serious? How is she now?The message went out, but no reply came. Autumn stared tensely at the screen, waiting, waiting but received nothing.After a long while, she tried to console herself. He was just too busy. It wasn’t that he was ignoring her.Still, her chest felt tight, her mood sour. She wanted to withdraw the message.But the screen popped up a reminder: Message sent more than two minutes ago—recall failed.Fine. Let it be. If he didn’t reply, then he didn’t reply. It didn’t matter anymore.Setting her phone down with disappointment, she suddenly heard a voice call her name."Autumn Lewis. Why is it whenever you see me, you turn tail and try to
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