Chapter 10
I WAS STILL CRYING when I answered the phone.
Kristen was understandably alarmed. She hasn't often been witness to my emotions. I can see why she might find them alarming.
I kept apologizing, and she kept asking what was wrong. I couldn't even answer. Not for a while.
“Take a breath,” Kristen instructed me, like that was something I needed to be told to do. “Just keep breathing. It'll be okay. Now, tell me what's wrong. Can you do that? Can you tell me?”
Why had I been crying? For oh-so-many reasons.
In hiccuped sobs, I said, “Rajan—hic—got a job—hic—in Banff!”
Kristen went silent for a good long time before asking, “Who's Rajan?”
She didn't know. Had I never even mentioned him? He was my best friend in all of Friendly Corners and my own girlfriend didn't kno
