[I need your help]
I saw the typing... icon at the top right of the screen and recalled my message. The chat was quiet for a couple of seconds before his message came in.
[What's wrong?]
I carefully considered what to say before deciding to be vague
[Just some family problems]
He responded almost instantly
[That person again?]
I sighed softly. There was no use being tight lipped about it anymore but I didn't want him to get involved now. Not with his company being in such a critical time.
Although I didn't deliberately avoid him later on and he was able to guess some things on his own I had never really made it clear. I paused trying to gather my thoughts. There were so many layers to this that I wasn't sure where to start, but I owed him the full truth and the least I could do was be completely open with him. So I was. I told him everything, along with my various conjectures. There was only one thing I left out. I wasn't ready to tell him that yet.
