"Valerie, I know my family has made you suffer over the years because of me," he said, his tone laced with regret.
"Don’t worry. I’ll find a way to shut them up."
"My team detected an abnormal magnetic field near Liora Cliff these past few days. After analyzing it, it seems our theory about parallel worlds might actually hold water."
"This is huge. If we can prove it, I can ask my boss for a large sum of funding. With that, I’ll retire early and stay home to take care of you."
The Space-Time Transportation Bureau always made sure to prepare in advance for a spaceship's departure. I hadn’t expected Rocco’s team to get caught up in this.
His phone rang again. He glanced at me, his eyes briefly meeting mine, before he walked into the kitchen to answer.
"Rocco, when are you coming back? My stomach’s been sore, and I’m not sure if it’s from the fall earlier," the voice on the other end whined.
"I’m scared. Come keep me company, okay? I bought some new lingerie, the wild kind... just for us."
When he returned, his face wore that familiar apologetic look as if it could fix everything.
"Valerie, to gather more data, I need to go on a field trip with my team for a few days."