Text to Iman

[andhiswife]

Rashad is looking for you.

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[eventually, after several stop-start typing indicators]

[etherthief]

Did he go to you?

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[andhiswife]

Yes. We're all fine, and he's gone now, but he was here.

2/2

[andhiswife]

He thought I would know where you were. And that I'd TELL him!

[The first is worrisome. The second is just insulting.]

[etherthief]

[struggling to contain intense rage/overbearing concern]

Fuck, I'm sorry. I knew he was stupid but I didn't think he was that stupid. He didn't try anything weird, did he??

[she's gonna have to give him the Rush ultimatum for Greta now, isn't she]

[andhiswife]

[There is a pause while Greta considers whether to even answer the question, and then a lot of slow typing as she struggles with how to phrase it.]

He took from the children.

[etherthief]

[sound of Iman almost throwing her phone through a window]

[etherthief]

They're all right now?

[andhiswife]

Yes. They just slept a while, but I think they're fine.

[andhiswife]

And it made him easier to handle. Johnny helped.

[etherthief]

Good. Glad he could help.

[You know, since she couldn't.]

[etherthief]

I'm so sorry Greta. I'll make him regret it next time I see him, don't think I won't.

[andhiswife]

[She is not the least bit quietly delighted at the thought of Iman giving Rashad what for. Nor is she blushing.]

I should hope you won't see him anytime soon. And don't worry about us. I don't think he'll come back.

[andhiswife]

Be safe.

[That's the point.]