CARL

She wouldn't speak to me or pick up my calls. Hell, I couldn't even reach her anymore- like I was suddenly erased from her existence in just a blink of an eye. I had no idea what I'd done wrong again, but I was sure as hell that I had to have done something for Alma to react that way.

She wasn't particularly welcoming of me, I knew that, and I deserved it more than anything, but to the extent of her blatantly saying those things, something else was wrong, and I knew it. Her words rang in ...