[ When she came in this morning to open the shop after the weekend, she'd been faced with an ethereal blue ghost curled up on the sofa reading a book, looking more solid and tangible than she's ever seen Mary. And Anathema, being Anathema, simply registered it with a bemused: Huh. The women wound up spending the day in amiable companionability, reading their respective books, or settling in for a game of rummy together, even as Anathema keeps glancing at the front door. As the hours grow longer and Klaus still doesn't show, though, her frown deepens. By the time Ben's message comes through— ]
Good timing, I was actually just about to text you. He didn't show up for his shift today. He's been pretty diligent about it, hospitalization aside, so I was wondering.
Is he alright? When did you last hear from him?
[ As she fires off the message, she heads into the back room to double-check that he isn't lying dead in the closet or something. She highly doubts he's there, but just in case... ]
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Good timing, I was actually just about to text you. He didn't show up for his shift today. He's been pretty diligent about it, hospitalization aside, so I was wondering.
Is he alright? When did you last hear from him?
[ As she fires off the message, she heads into the back room to double-check that he isn't lying dead in the closet or something. She highly doubts he's there, but just in case... ]