Ring! Ring!

“Hello?” Ari answered her cell phone on the first ring, recognizing Grayson’s ring. “Grayson? What’s wrong?”

At first, there was silence at the other end. “I miss you, Ari.” His voice ws low, breathy.

“I miss you, too.” Ari smiled, leaning back against her pillow. “But I have to stay until after Henley’s Stem Cell Transplant.”

“I know,” he whispered, sounding lonely. “Just promise me that you’ll come home as soon as you ...