Mike spent weeks trying to talk to Chase. She wouldn’t answer her phone, and when he came by the apartment, Pam would answer the door and tell him she was not home. He didn’t believe her, but he went away all the same. Instead, he attempted to track her down at work only to be escorted out by security for harassing the nursing staff. “She doesn’t want to see you take a hint or we’ll have you arrested.” One of the guards had said when they escorted him out the last time.
Mike went home and threw the flowers he had bought into the trash before dropping onto the couch beside David who was watching the music station. “Giving up, are you?”
“She won’t see me,” Mike admitted. “I messed up bad.”
“I’m sorry too; this was partly my fault. I should have stayed away from her in the first place, a
