You think you’re alone?

“I love you,” she whispered int her pink cell phone. Nothing but music and the rustle of paper returned what she thought was an open and honest gesture. “Did you hear me?” she paused. “I said I love you.”

Lacy stared at her phone and tears welled up in her eyes. Would he reject her? Not saying it back, she could understand. Hanging up? She couldn’t understand that.

The phone indicated that the call was over by returning to the home screen. The tears finally fell onto her rosy cheeks. For min...