Chapter Thirteen

12:05 AM

Charlotte: Hey

Silas: …

Hey.

You’re up early.

Charlotte: I know

Silas: You haven’t responded to my texts in days

Anything wrong at home?

Charlotte: Everything’s fine

Sweet of you to worry, though :-)

Silas: So… why weren’t you responding?

Charlotte: My parents…

Silas: Oh.

…

Us?

Charlotte: Yup

…

No electronics for three days,

no texting for four, no video

calls for five, and I can’t talk

to you ever again. But I am.

Silas: …

Hacking?

Charlotte: Yup.

I’m jamming your signal

Video calls are too risky tho

Silas: Agreed.

Smart woman :-)

So… are we still…

Charlotte: A thing?

Silas: Well, are we?

Charlotte: Of course!

But in secret.

Silas: I’m tired.

And I have a nakos

class at nine AM.

Charlotte: SLEEP.

Silas: I was gonna say the same

to you, love ya ;-)

Charlotte: Love ya too :-)

NOW GO SLEEP!

6:35 AM

Silas: You awake?

Charlotte: Yeah

Something wrong?

Silas: What if the right

thing to do caused

harm to a lot of people?

Is it still the right thing?

Charlotte: I guess… it depends

Do what you think is right

Why, is something wrong?

Silas: I’m fine

Just a hard decision

Charlotte: Well, I’m here for you❤️