Chapter 70

*** Phil ***

"I'm outside the hotel." The Uber driver's voice came through the phone on loudspeaker.

"Be there in two minutes." Phil replied as finished buttoning his shirt.

It was early October. Which meant four-season countries were in their colder months. The weather was much chillier than he expected when he landed the previous day.

He doned his new, thick, ankle length jacket as he rushed out of the room to his waiting cab.

Minutes later, he was in front of Kendi's hostel in the city center.

As she approached him from the distance, furrowed brow, messy curls peeking out of her hair warmer, he admitted silently that she was the reason he'd flown here. Not to piss off Mark some more or get over Solana. 

"You really are here." Laughter and disbelief colored her voice as she said this.

"What made you think I was lying?" He asked.

"What are you doing here, young Gonza." The shock was still in her voice but t