62: Doting Husband

BLAIR

I was waiting in the car for Jaya, who wanted to get something from inside the house.

She forgot her phone, I think. Or was it her purse? I couldn’t remember.

I was still going through my messages. A ton of them. They piled up with congratulatory ones which I had to reply to.

Eliane sent me five messages since I left. Which was a record for her. She hated texting. I received three of her voicemails, which was also a record. She liked voicemails more than phone calls, because it was fast. So her taking her time to leave three meant so much.

She was worried. Everyone was.

I’d left with a man we didn’t know all that well and then I went MIA. I was always on my phone and the highest I left a message unreplied is a few hours. When I’m sleeping. It was unlike me to go days without any contact.

Sasha was more dramatic. Her messages started with the usual gossip of what happened after the engagement. The people we were envious of and the likes. Then she started getting worried and asked