The Interrupting Phone Call

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So I was in the middle of watching Dr Strange when the phone began ringing. I wanted to ignore it so badly but when I saw who it was, I put the movie on pause and answered it. It was my niece. It's been a very long time since she called me just to talk. Normally, I have to make the first move as far as chatting or having a real talk. But our relationship is obviously back on solid ground because she picked up the phone and called me to ask some advice about her sick cat. Poor thing has been so upset and worried. She actually called out sick from work today (she's a doctor) to stay home and tend to her cat (who may or may not have liver problems - the vet honestly can't tell for sure). We had a long phone conversation about her sick cat and the other two healthy ones. And then she wanted to give me updates on some problems at the hospital where she works. Long way into that story, my phone began to beep as it was losing charge and I had to get off the phone. But we're tentatively on to go out to dinner next Friday night. I told her I'll keep in touch this weekend (to see how the cat is doing), and if things look good during the week, we can definitely head out to eat and have a long face to face talk. She sounded pretty happy about that. Hard to explain how happy I am about this, too. She and I used to be closer than most aunts and nieces. We share a birthday and only 12 years separate us. I never thought anything could tear us apart and yet it happened, so I'm thrilled things are back to the way they used to be. We've both worked very hard to come back together, and it's nice to see a happy ending. Claudia