The Phone Number

Toni came in from her visit to Ivy and dumped her handbag on her desk. She had some work she needed to do but her mind was in such a turmoil she couldn’t concentrate. She turned on her music and went to the kitchen to find something to drink. Ivy filled her with tea but she was looking for something stronger. She pulled a bottle of wine form the fridge and carried it back to her study.

Ivy was pregnant, she was happy for her, Liana was pregnant. She felt her eyes well up and poured out a glass of wine. She hadn’t seen Richie since earlier last evening he slept down the hall in one of the guest rooms and that suited her fine.

“Oh what am I going to do?” she cried out loud. Her cell phone began its ring in her handbag. She thought she would let it ring and finally dug it out, not recognizing the number she tossed it on her desk. A few minutes later it rang again, same number…she answered it.

“Hello?”

“Toni…this is Travis.”

“Travis how did you get my number?”

“I took it from Jan’s contacts…are you okay?”

“Um…no not really how’s Jan?”

“She went into the village, I don’t…I don’t know how she is.”

“I hate all this.”

“So do I…I was just thinking about you…if you um ever need me for anything or just want to talk you’ve got my number.”

Toni wiped her eyes, “Travis…what are you doing?”

“I don’t know…I just…I don’t know…forget it.” He rang off.

Toni stared at her phone for a moment and hit the save number button.