"Yes- I'm at a friend's place. With Much." Marcie felt kind of hot with nerves, but she stayed inside the safety of the duvet, holding the phone to her ear so carefully. She was silent for a long minute, straining to hear him, even just breathing so she knew he was there and alive.
And when she couldn't stand it any more, she said, plaintively and with a slight squeak of holding back tears, "Why did you do it, Kaden?"