Reach Out

I called Cara to see if she wanted to pick up Bubbles. “I’d love to,” she said, but she didn’t sound happy.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“You never check your phone,” Cara said. “Everyone got a message from Billie. She took Trevor to get his hand looked at. They started him on an antibiotic and a steroid. He had an allergic reaction and he’s in a coma.”

Cara started to cry. She picked up Bubbles who immediately began licking away her tears.  Cara laughed, wiped her eyes, and hugged the tiny dog so tightly I was afraid she might break her ribs.

In any circle there are people who are closer than others. Trevor and Roger were close. Roger and Sam were close. Sam and Cara were close. Trevor and Cara never seemed close at all. He had been a cop. He came from a working-class family.  She came from money and seemed to think traffic laws only applied to the poor.

Trevor never would have expected Cara to be so upset. I hoped they’d reach out to each other after this crisis past.

Today I won’t wait for a crisis to reach out to someone.  

Dogged Determination ©2018 by Ken Montrose

Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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