2019-07-21 - Rectifying the Situation

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : Why don’t you trust me to take care of myself? I have been on my own for a long time. I am not dead yet. It isn’t fair for you to keep treating me like a child. Or like I’m too fragile to handle anything. I just want to come home. I am going to be at the house on Monday after the meeting to see Luigi. It would be nice if you were there too. I am going back to work now. Be safe. Don’t die.

(TXT to Byron) Alexander : Trust. I trust you, Isolde. I just don't want you hurt. Not by something like this.

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : Trust. I trust you, Isolde. I just don't want you hurt. Not by something like this.

(TXT to Alexander) Byron : I'm sure that you know by now that you've mis-texted. How is Isabella doing? Is she getting better?

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : (a while later) I know. But it's frustrating. I don't want you hurt either. But I wouldn't send you away.

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : It's not your trouble, Isolde. You shouldn't be put in danger because I can't stop poking my nose into things.

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : So what if it isn't? I'm an adult. You can't tell me what I can and can't get into. And what if you got hurt? What if I could have helped you if I was there? We're friends. You're my best friend. I want to help you when I can.

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : I

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : Your best friend?

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : Yes. My best friend. Not my only friend anymore. But I trust you more than anyone else.

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : You're my best friend, too. My oldest, perhaps, even. I'm sorry for making you feel that I don't trust you, or that I see you as a child.

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : Oldest friend too yes. I know you just want to keep me safe. It's just stressful. But can talk more about it in person. How are things going with everything?

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold.

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : That sounds ominous. Before you immediately say no. If you think of anything I can do to help at all, just let me know

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : There is a thing. But it's delicate. I need to know how the Carr family is related to a man named William Gohl, who lived in the early 1900s. The one whose bones I have. I think I mentioned him. Rebecca Carr is apparently in town, at the Bayside apartments, but her sister was recently murdered. I suspect by the thing I would rather not murder you. If you have time, I don't suppose you could look into it without drawing attention or upsetting the woman?

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : I can do that. I will ask Easton if he can get me in. What does she do? Maybe I can try to talk to her if I can see her around town instead of going to the apartments

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : She's the assistant for a Vyvyan Vydal. He has a treat shop. I think I mentioned it before. And if you can, somehow, get her to talk to you about what happened to her sister - I'm told she was a witness.

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : I will see what I can do. I will catch a ride back to town when the work day is done and see if I might be able to find her. Perhaps I will come back with cookies as well as information!

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : That would be lovely. I probably won't be there, though. I've got to find someone and I feel like things are getting complicated.

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : Complicated is the normal in Gray Harbor. Good luck on finding the person.

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : You've only been here a few months, and yet you understand Gray Harbor very well. Not sarcasm. Isolde. I am sorry. For treating you poorly.

(TXT to Alexander) Isolde : Thank you. I know it was for good reasons. I will see you when I see you. Just don't die before then.

(TXT to Isolde) Alexander : Nor you. ::smiley face emoji:: Thank you. For being a better friend than I am.