Dustin's Turn by June Kramin

Author:June Kramin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: time travel, lawyer, minnesota, veterinarian
Publisher: June Kramin

Chapter Sixteen

Dusty woke up to the phone ringing. He slapped around on the nightstand until his hand found it. He lay back flat on his pillow and mumbled a groggy hello. His eyes opened suddenly when he realized where he was. He wasn’t on the couch in his cottage. He was back home.

“Dusty!” His wife’s hysterical voice caused him to care about nothing else.

“Babe! What’s wrong?”

“She’s gone!”

Who’s gone? Is what he wanted to say, but he was sure he should know this if she was this upset. He quickly stood, wanting to check on the kids. He knew he had to say something before he reached their rooms.

“Honey, I’m so sorry.”

“She wasn’t supposed to go yet. Dammit! We had years left.”

“Shhhh. I’m here, babe. Talk to me.” He had gotten Ali’s door opened, and was relieved to see she was sound asleep. Ali was the same age. Katie was calling from Seattle. What happened now?

“She OD’d last night. She…” Katie’s sobs took over and she could no longer speak.

Dusty waited until she gathered herself. While he waited, he went to Alex’s room. He was sleeping as he always did. Sprawled out with his arms over his head. Even with the sadness in Katie’s voice, he took comfort in the fact that his kids were here and safe. His mind raced to what happened. How could he have traveled back to his present when he didn’t get a chance to fix things yet? Everything had been moving along nicely, or so he thought. He wasn’t screwing things up so badly that he was forced to be done without being given the chance to make it right. Was he? He rushed back into their bedroom and looked in the mirror. No black eye.

“I can’t believe she’s gone,” Katie finally continued. “We had such a good couple of days. I really thought I was getting her to come around.”

“Do you know what happened? What set her off?”

“I don’t think you should have told Dean for starters.”

“Dean? What does that have to…” Dusty’s mind was racing. Had he told Dean in “this” time? He had to cover fast. “Um…sorry, babe. I thought he’d want to know. We talked and he asked about her.”

“I’m not going into how furious I am with you about this. You should have known she’d be sensitive about it. I trusted you to keep this between us.”

“Babe—”

“I’m angry, but I still need you.” She started to cry again.

“I’ll get the kids to Mom and Dad’s. You know May will be thrilled. I’ll get out there as soon as I can.”

“They’re taking her away. I have to go.”

“I love you.” She hung up without another word. “Fuck.” Dusty hung up, then called Dean.

“Hey, asshole. What are you doing calling me so early?”

Dusty ran his hand down his face. He didn’t even know where to begin. “What did you and Courtney talk about?”

“Just the good old days. Told her I wish we had a real shot at things. You know…crap chicks like to hear.

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