Chapter 346 The Boy Left Behind in the Snow

I said okay and hung up without asking more about Alice's accident. I had not asked Idris or Mom how Alice got hurt. It was partly because I had my own stuff to deal with and also because I was not exactly close enough to Alice to be fussing over her. For some reason I could not quite put my finger on, I just did not feel comfortable around Alice. It was probably because we were just not close. The house was quiet, the evening shadows creeping in as I headed back to my room for a bath. After a day spent shivering in the cold, sinking into the warmth of a hot bath was pure bliss. Wrapped in the comfort of my towel, my phone buzzed from where it lay at the foot of my bed. It was Charlie. I answered it to hear his deep voice. "Are you busy?" I paused. "No. What's going on?" I could not see his face and could not guess what was behind his call, so I waited. His voice was as smooth as ever. "I just noticed it's snowing outside. I felt like calling you." His tone was hard to read, bu