[Kate tucks one leg underneath her and toys with a stray thread on Lavi's blanket as she listens. Her father answers, gruff and a little short, and Kate doesn't want to analyze how she feels when she hears his voice. Angry all over again, but strangely guilty and homesick, too. The conversation is short—Derek tells Lavi that he must be mistaken, and that Susan is on some no doubt ridiculously expensive vacation in any case, and by the end of the call Kate is tense and uncomfortable, rolling her eyes.
Still, they're okay, so that's something. Kate waits until she hears her father hang up to exhale.]
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Still, they're okay, so that's something. Kate waits until she hears her father hang up to exhale.]
Thank you.