A Little Excerpt

October 2020

Levi Cranston was doing a video chat with one of his friends, David Ingram. It was a while since they last spoke, especially with both being super busy with work and then the Covid outbreak on top of that. They were on the phone for a good 2 hours. Levi's friends were playing games with each other. Same went for David's friends.

"How is it going in Boston?" David asked.
"It's good. Jack, Asad, Mackenzie, and I live in the same building as our other friends who have lived there for a few years," Levi replied. "How is San Francisco treating you?"
"Not bad. I am occupied with work and all, and obviously trying to wait out this stupid thing called Covid."
"Same here."
"Just thought about this, and I have meant to ask you. Have you heard anything from Andrew?" David asked.
"Andrew....?" Levi replied.
"Grzedek."
"Oh! No. We haven't talked in a while. I see a lot of his posts on social media. He is in Chicago, I believe. Living with a few of his friends?"
"Yeah, I saw that, too. He lives in Lincoln Park, not too far away from my brother, Toby."
"Nice. Chicago is great. My parents actually moved to Chicago and gave their house to our grandparents. This happened last year after Evelyn Maeve graduated from high school. She lives in Boston but temporarily lives with my sister, Liz, because of the pandemic," Levi said.
"Yeah. I miss Andrew. I know he is super active on social media since he does marketing. But I know he has also been very busy with family," David remarked.
"Yeah, he and Caleb are nice. I didn't feel as if I had a lot in common with them, though."
"Last we talked was two months ago I believe."