While peeping out the blinds Love thought of BAKA and how he had sent him messages for days after BAKA disappeared on him back at Denver's ranch. All he wanted was a reply. Even if it was a good bye. But nothing came from the other end.

Now he was considering doing the same thing to Drew. It would be wrong. But now he understood better how BAKA could do what he had done.

Ghosting. The youngsters always talkd about ghosting each other. Or getting ghosted. Marc Love grew up in a different time. It happened but less abruptly. And there weren't words for it like these youngsters had so there were less discussions about it. Instead someone would say something like "he just dropped off the face of the earth. i haven't heard from him in ages!"

His legs, feet, and even arms and fingers felt anxious as he stood there nervously looking out the window. One time a car that looked like Drew's came into the parking lot and its line shone into his apartment a little too long. Love swore that had to be Drew. It drove along after slowly shining its headlight at him. Love wondered had Drew seen him.