The Rain Check

Adrian

“Have you heard?” an urgent tone in Leo’s voice goes through the receiver.

“Have I heard what?” I reply while busy opening emails. It is always mostly nothing serious, he is just overly dramatic.

“About Ellie’s dad, he just passed on,” he says and blubbers a few words but the ringing in my ears does not allow me to hear what he is saying. All of a sudden I feel as if a lightning bolt just passed through my heart. I know this has severely broken Ellie. She does not deserve this. I end the call abruptly with Leo and immediately take my car to go to Ellie’s house.

I get there and a blonde tall girl opens the door. I recognised her from the day I went over to check on Ellie and her dad in hospital.

“Hey, can I help you?” She asks rather rudely and I figure she knows what is happening between Ellie and me.

“Umm I heard what happened and I wanted to check on Ellie.”

“She is fine, you can go now,” she said in a really hostile tone.

“Please, can I see her, see that she is actually fin