When Love says No
A number lights up on Michael's screen, and before he even reads it his heart is already racing. He knows who it is, and part of him wonders what trouble she's found this time and how much this call is going to cost — not only in dollars, but in the hope he'll spend on it and the disappointment that usually follows. Every conversation lately has ended the same way, and he has no real reason to think this one will be different.
