~Joan~

“You disappeared! I couldn't find you anywhere,” Rhoda said and I sighed, lying on my side and automatically cuddling my pillow. 

“Had to return home early, I got my period,” I muttered and she gasped. 

“Oh my God, Jo. I'm sorry I wasn't there to help,” her voice sounded a bit muffled through the line and I closed my eyes. 

“Yeah, it's all good. Your brother let me use his bathroom.. Good of him,” I said,  keeping out the remaining details. He'd carried me, ran a bath ...