Re: Phonecall: Marta / Seven
[Tension gathers in his shoulders with every ring that takes him closer to her voicemail (which he knows she never checks). He's already taken Bean to her latest checkup solo, and had to field ever more questions about Marta's whereabouts, why she hasn't been to any appointments since the first one more than a month ago, how she's doing. And it's not like he's got any good answers, so he's had to make up bullshit like Marta having family in town, or being under the weather. He knows the paediatrician isn't buying it, but what else was Seven supposed to do except promise that she'd be there at the next appointment?
So he's pretty much ready to hear the call click over into voicemail, and it actually catches him by surprise when Marta picks up. Even more so when she sounds mostly present, hardly even groggy like he's pulled her out of sleep (which he's sure he has).]
Hey, honey. Did I wake you? [A pause, but just barely.] I saw it. The shit with Liam.