Re: Call: Lou D/Cris M
I didn't - I couldn't - [He stops talking. He is completely overwhelmed, and his breathing is getting faster, not easier.
He leans away from the phone and buries his face in the crook of his arm, unthinking, because he doesn't want Cris to hear how hard he's breathing. He tries to breathe in through his nose and out through his mouth, because that's what they say you ought to do at times like these.]