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[rehor]

SENT: 4:23PM
raleigh becket? hi sorry. we haven't been introduced,
but we both know naomi sokolov?

[exhort]

SENT: 4:35PM
yeah that's me. who's this?

[rehor]

SENT: 4:39M
greg emil. like i said, we weren't introduced.
but you know my fiancee.

[ there's a brief pause. ]

SENT: 4:42M
this is really awkward over text. would it be okay if i called?

[exhort]

[ he almost says no just because he hates the fact that naomi has a fiance. that she's got someone else. but his curiosity wins out.

( why would meems give her fiance his number? ) ]

SENT: 4:45PM
sure

[rehor]

[ he doesn't actually have raleigh's number. but kara had left naomi's phone on the table near the stairs.

he tries not to chicken out after the first ring. ]

Hi. Raleigh?

[exhort]

That's me. [ christ on a cracker this is awkward. ] What is it you wanted to talk to me about?

[rehor]

[ you don't have to tell him twice. ]

Are you still in town? [ and because that sounds incredibly awkward. ] Look, Mimi's been crying for the last two hours.

[ and yeah, he sounds at a complete loss here. ]

Raleigh, she doesn't want to marry me. I'm smart enough to know that.

[exhort]

[ that last bit hits him like an actual blow to the chest. he feels a little breathless as he bites out a, ] Shit.

[ because this isn't how it was supposed to go down. naomi was happy, wasn't she? she was supposed to be happy. ]

Yeah, I'm still in town. What do you need me to do?