Ring...
Ring...
"-... Hello?"
"Hey Janet,"
"Oh, hey Jeremy. I just got home from the airport."
"Was her flight on time?"
"Yeah, she's probably an hour or so out by now."
"I'll get my keys then-"
"Wait, Jeremy-"
"-Yeah, Jan?"
"Just... Enjoy your week... and please, PLEASE, be careful..."
"I will. I promise, no surprises like last time."
"She missed you a lot, y'know?"
"Yeah... She told me that."
"Have you considered what we talked about last time?"
"I have, but I..."
"You what?"
"This thing I got goin' on down here... I can't just..."
"... I thought you really had changed, Jeremy. Your ma spent all these years trying to tell me that you changed, that you turned over some new leaf, but no. You're the same scared kid that I remembered you to be."
"Now wait a seco-"
"Don't leave our child waiting at the airport."
Dial tone.
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Family Time #3: Jeremy
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