Eden’s Phone
Eden : Hey, sorry to bother you.
Pan : Who is this?
Eden : It’s Eden. Is this ok? Me texting you?
Pan : Sure, yeah, of course. How have you been, sweetheart?
Eden : ‘Sweetheart’? I am older than you.
Pan : Not in wisdom.
Eden : Forget it, this was a stupid idea.
Pan : Ok, sorry, I won’t call you ‘sweetheart’ again, promise. I just wanted to break the ice, I guess. Don’t hold it against me.
Eden : I just… I just think I found out something about Isaiah, and I wanted to ask you if it’s true.
Pan : Oh, man. Does he know you’re texting me about him? He doesn’t, does he? Is this going to get me killed?
Eden : I think my dad has been protecting me from finding out what Solomon actually did to your brother back then. I only knew that he got him expelled from his school, but there’s more, isn’t there?
Pan : …
Eden : Pan? Are you there?
Eden : Answer me, please.
Pan : It’s James. My family calls me James. ‘Pan’ is for my students and friends.
JamesPan : Well, answer me, James. Please.
JamesPan : It’s hard to answer you, Eden. Yes, you are right. There is a lot more that happened than him getting expelled.
JamesPan : But it was so long ago now. I wouldn’t… Zay wouldn’t want you to hurt over it. You had no control over it, sweetheart.
JamesPan : Sorry, it just came out.
Eden : And what about your grandfather? Something happened to him too, right? What did it have to do with Solomon?
JamesPan : …
Eden : Please, James. Please.
* incoming call from JamesPan *