A few weeks after his conversation with Voren, Ravyn finally found himself staring at the number saved on his phone, the very number he had been avoiding and the one that seemed to tighten his chest with an unfamiliar fear whenever he thought about calling it.
His thumb hovered over the screen for several seconds as his heart pounded, and after taking a deep breath, he finally pressed the call button.
To his surprise, the call was answered before the first ring had even finished.
"Mr. Walker?"
Ravyn froze, momentarily caught off guard by how quickly she had recognized him.
"How did you know it was me?"
Mary's excited voice came through the speaker, warm and cheerful, immediately bringing a smile to his face.
"I saw your number before putting the card away. I could easily remember the first and last numbers, but I couldn't recall the ones in the middle."
