MILLIE
It is
I’ve gotta go but I miss you
ME
I miss you too. And I love you
MILLIE
I love you too
Though I encouraged her to take the role of Ms. Honey and follow her dreams, a secret part of me hoped it would fall through. Maybe I’m an asshole, but mostly, I was worried she’d have to deal with another jackass like her last director.
ME
Is the cast still behaving? Do I need to fly down to Florida and have a word with any of them?
MILLIE
Easy there, killer
She doesn’t need my protection, but the Neanderthal in me cannot be convinced otherwise; I’d quit my job and protect her twenty-four seven if I could. But every text and phone call I receive is like a salve to a wound, making this long-distance situation a little less painful.
MILLIE
Two weeks down
ME
Feels like a million more to go…
MILLIE
But I’ll see you in two weeks!!
ME
Can’t wait
At first, I figured spending time with Millie’s family without her would be awkward or that it would make her absence even harder to bear, but it’s been nothing but natural.
When we’re out and about one day, I send her a selfie of Asher, Bea, Kane, and me.
MILLIE
OMG! So jealous. Where are you?
ME
The slime museum
MILLIE
Lol. You at the slime museum? Was it a sensory nightmare?
ME
