Beyond Logic

Vance

"Excuse me," I said, picking up the call the moment I saw the name flash across the screen. My mother, of course it would be her, and of course it would be now, right in the middle of everything that actually mattered tonight.

"Hello," I said, trying to sound less out of breath than I actually was, glancing at Zara as if she could somehow hear the other side of the conversation too.

She laun