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ADELINE

The silence makes my skin crawl.

I anxiously drum my fingers against the railing, while Caspian stays quiet on the other end. It takes a few long, fumbling seconds before I finally hear him breathe out, “Oh.”

“Yeah.”

“Um— shit. Sorry. I just… wasn’t expecting this. At all.” He sounds like he's scrambling, words tripping over each other. “How are you? Wait — no, is that even the right thing