Chapter 155: Chapter 57: Attempting the First Formal Contact

Holly handed Tommy a California beef slider as he sat on a bench at the street corner, then sat down beside him, looking towards a few whitetail deer near the distant lake:

"Feeling sad?"

Tommy nodded, unwrapped the burger, and took a bite: "A bit."

"You rarely have such down moments." Holly also unwrapped her burger, took a bite, then turned to look at Tommy: "Sometimes, I even wonder if you're a robot developed by those weirdos in the computer science department, devoid of emotions. When Renee and I talked about this, she didn't mention you feeling sad, just that you told her it's alright, to get in touch after this blows over."

"Renee?" Tommy, jarred out of his thoughts by Holly's words, swallowed his food and asked: "What about Renee?"