I got home earlier than expected and had nothing to do with myself, so I called Macy. Her phone was still switched off. It had been three months now, long past the time she should have been back on her feet and reachable. I could not make sense of it no matter how I tried.
I called Jackson instead. The phone rang a long time before he picked up, and when he did, he sounded distracted and pressed for time. "Scarlett. I'm with the baby right now. What's going on with you?"
I settled back into the sofa. A grown man navigating a newborn on his own was not a small thing. "Are you still out in the countryside with Macy?" I asked.
There was a brief pause. "Yeah, still here. How are you? Everything okay?"
I nodded even though he couldn't see me. "I'm fine. I'll be heading back to J City around the end of the year. Are you two planning to come back for the new year or staying put?"
