Three days later

"At last Hazel! I have been running my mind all over the place. If you hadn't reached out to me, I would have taken the next plane down to Milan this weekend! That gruff tiger would have had me to contend with" Avery sighed.

"Wouldn't that be too late? What if I was already dead?" Hazel teased her best friend as she erupted into laughter. "Come off it! We've been through worse together. You can't die. Not now. Not ever. Don't play such pranks on me" Avery huffed.

"Alright. Alright, I give up" Hazel smiled. She had missed her best friend so much. Hearing from her again...