Cora POV
"Not over the phone," I replied, stopping his barrage of questions.
"Yes, yes, of course, we can meet. Maybe catch up with dinner somewhere." He didn't sound like he wanted to let go of me, now that I had called.
"You are on the other side of the country, I can't just come up and fly to you, I have work to do," I replied, trying to bring myself back, grounding myself to what was real.
"Why are you working? You must have enough to live off." He sounded surprised that I was working. Does he work?
"I am a nurse, and a good one. I love my job."
"Wow, that's a great profession to have. What about your mother's business?"
"I do work on that, online, and take phone calls, and once a quarter, join them on a video conference. I haven't decided what to do about it. That business was
