Awaiting Her Decision

At the airport.

Valerie hurriedly left the corridor and turned on her phone while walking fast to the luggage area.

As she was heading to the luggage area, text messages kept coming in on her phone.

She looked at them and saw that most were from Bridget, along with many missed calls.

The messages started with "Have you arrived in Belmont yet?" and turned into "Why is your phone still off? Valerie,