The Name I Carried

CALLA'S POV

The call came on the eighth day.

I was in the water and Kaelen was on the beach with Freya and my phone was buzzing on the towel and I ignored it for forty-five seconds because I was underwater and when I came up Kaelen was reading the screen with an expression I recognized.

"It's Camila," he said.

"She calls every two days," I said.

"She's called three times in the last twenty minutes