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“Hello?” a familiar voice calls out from your phone.

“Hey Lucy, It's Max. Just wanted to ask you something if you’re free? '' you respond, trying to keep your voice down just in case.

“Hey squirt” she replies playfully “I nearly didn't pick up as I didn't know the number. I knew you'd figure out how to convince Mom to get you phones, you always were the smart one.”

“Err about that… look Mom doesn't know I'm calling you or the fact that I've got a phone. I've got a favour to ask but first can you promise not to tell her about this?” you admitted.

“That sounds like two favours to me” you can tell she's smiling on the other end of the line. Knowing her, she's thinking about all the ways she can use this to her advantage.

“So, how are you gonna make it up to me if you want Two Whole Favours?” she joked.

“Look, I’ll find a way to make it up to you. We got a deal?”

“Whoa easy there, I'm gonna have to hear what you want first. Can’t this wait until Friday anyway?” she questioned.

“That's kinda why I rang, I’ll explain later but could you possibly delay your trip back until at least dinner time or like 6 pm.” you pleaded.

There was silence on the other end of the line while your older sister contemplated over this.

“Alright fine, you have a deal. But, you owe me for this And you owe me a better explanation once I'm actually back home” she argued.

“Deal” you quickly agreed.

With the immediate concern out of the way, you spent the next 20 to 30 minutes just chatting with Lucy and filling her in on the details that Mom tried to avoid when she usually spoke with her over the phone. You filled her in on your college situation and she talked about the more casual aspects of independent life. You tried to be nice when you let her know about Sarah but you quickly ran out of good things to say. As the call was winding down, Lucy finally asked the question she seemed to have been skirting around.

“You know if Dad will be there when I get back?” she quietly queried.

“No, not on Friday anyway. He might come back on Sunday but it seems like he’s been here less and less recently. There's a chance he doesn't even turn up while you're here” you joked, trying to keep the mood light.

“Good...good” she said trailing off.

You were never quite sure why Lucy hated your father so much. All of you were pretty cold toward him considering he’d hardly been there for most of your lives but Lucy seems to avoid him like the plague. Bringing it up further would just bring the mood back down so you avoided the subject for now. You might get a chance to talk about it when you were actually faced to face.

With the conversation naturally ending, you said your goodbyes and ended the call. You spent the next hour or two just messing around on your computer before finally going to bed.

Not before bringing up the KDK app again though, and using the pics of your sister you had ‘acquired’ to finish off the night fantasizing about her.