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Natalie hit the number to call her friend back just as she saw the sun slip over the horizon She stepped out on the patio to enjoy the cool night air

"Hey!" Dez picked up "I hope that helped I wasn’t even sure whether he’d talk to you, but--"

"Who? Who the hell did I talk to, Dez, because--I’onna be honest--today was really, really weird Hi, by the way There is a whole big chunk of last night that I do not remember at all, and I’m really confused"

"W…what?" Dez said as she hter now It was probably bedti "What are you talking about?"

"Why did I call you yesterday?"

Dez laughed a little "Why did you say you called? Or why did you really call?"

"Both"

"Well, you said you were calling to catch up since it had been months since we talked last Matt says hi, by the way He invited you up for a visit anytime you want"

"Oh, that’s sweet And I’d love to see Carina The pictures are just… She’s adorable, Dez So aht? Anyway, so we chatted for a bit, then you started askingabout the murders in Juarez, which I did"

She let out a breath "That’s right You helped Dr Givens when he orking with Amnesty that summer"

"Yep So I’m pretty familiar with the history, but I didn’t know about the stuff happening down by you Did you say you don’t re The doctor seems to think it’s stress, but I’ pause on the line "Well… stress will do weird stuff to you I know it’s been really hard ork and being a new mom Sometimes I feel like sleep is just a happy memory, so it could definitely be stress I wouldn’t let it worry you, because that would just ht? You’re probably tired Have you been sleeping normally? If I remember, you never really slept all thata story--"

"Why are you ra like a loon?" Natalie rolled her eyes "Whatever it was, the doctor said it was probably nothing to worry about, though I think he thought I had wayabout on the phone last night? You asked if I’d talked to someone Who did you mean?"

"Um… Well--" Dez’s voice broke up a bit

"Dez?"

"Hey, can I call you back?"

"Dez, I really need to find out what happened I ht back, but I have a call coht to take it"