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“Hey, love. I just wanted to call and tell you that I, um… well, I miss you…”
Beth froze. She'd been sitting in the room she'd been using during her stay with Lachlan and Tara, indulging in some more self-inflicted misery when her cell had rung. Riley's words reverberated through her entire body and she couldn't find her voice. He'd called her 'love'. He hadn't called her that for God knew how long.
"You miss me?" she managed to get out after an uncomfortable silence. She immediately turned around and flopped face first onto the bed as she kicked her legs. Fucking stupid idiot!