[When the call goes to voicemail, there's a long stretch of silence, because she'd been praying that maybe he was still here, that maybe there was another reason she couldn't find him after the party.
But he'd answer her call, if he could.]
Saul.
[Her voice wavers, cracks, and she has to press her hand against her mouth to stop a sob. She can't keep losing people, and somehow losing him is worse than losing Ellie, because she knew what was happening. She should have kept him safe.]
I'm sorry. I-- god. [And then she can't stop the threatening tears. There's more silence, punctuated only by shaking gasps for air, before she finds her voice again.] I'm going to come get you, I promise. Just... just stay safe, please.
[Another painful stretch of silence. She doesn't know why she didn't just hang up as soon as she realized he wasn't answering, but she needed to say something, she needed to leave a message for when he comes back. Because he will, he has to. She's going to bring them home.]
I-- [I love you, but the words are caught in her throat and all she can do is hang up and cry.]
audio; very early morning on the 16th
But he'd answer her call, if he could.]
Saul.
[Her voice wavers, cracks, and she has to press her hand against her mouth to stop a sob. She can't keep losing people, and somehow losing him is worse than losing Ellie, because she knew what was happening. She should have kept him safe.]
I'm sorry. I-- god. [And then she can't stop the threatening tears. There's more silence, punctuated only by shaking gasps for air, before she finds her voice again.] I'm going to come get you, I promise. Just... just stay safe, please.
[Another painful stretch of silence. She doesn't know why she didn't just hang up as soon as she realized he wasn't answering, but she needed to say something, she needed to leave a message for when he comes back. Because he will, he has to. She's going to bring them home.]
I-- [I love you, but the words are caught in her throat and all she can do is hang up and cry.]