The tap tap sound could be heard as Evan typed away on his laptop, replying to old emails he missed while in the hospital.

He checked the last message and it was from Judith. He clicked on it. 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑜! 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑦. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘, 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢?

Checking the date, he saw that it was two days ago she sent the message. He checked the other messages and saw that she had been sending messages everyday till the last date.

He typed in his reply, apologizing for his...