I Canceled Our Tickets And Him

Summary

The booking window for the Thanksgiving holiday express trains was set to open in sixty seconds. Duke and I had agreed weeks ago that we would head back to my hometown together.

With one minute left on the countdown, his phone rang.

It was his executive assistant, weeping into the receiver. "Duke, what do I do? My mom sprained her ankle, but my cell signal here is so spotty, I can't get the app to load..."

I kept my eyes glued to my screen, double-checking our passenger details in the final thirty seconds.