ALMA

"I want you back in my life, Alma. And I will right every wrong to make sure it's possible."

Too much.

Too much to handle and too much to grasp. Luckily, my mouth didn't fall open, and I didn't look like a complete fool, swooned by mere word of mouth from the last person I should be hearing it from. I stepped away from him. No, I staggered. I staggered away from him when the realization sank in that Carl was indeed crazy.

"What did you say?" I scoffed as I asked, obviously holding back ...