Jamie dug into his food, very hungry all of a sudden. "I'm just glad you're mostly OK," he said. "You almost always answer your phone, so when you didn't, I guess I just got a little antsy."
He smiled at that. "I don't think anyone does. They think they're always right, and instead they're bigoted jerks who can't accept things being different from what they think is right. They seem to populate the halls of my school, too. But I appreciate what you did."