[Give or take a few days or more after... what happened with the Deep Sea Girl and Azul may have gotten a bit too sea witchy and tentacle-ly in front of Della during their confrontation with that singer, a message appears.]
i have to go away for a little while
please look after the Lounge for me until i can come back, i'm entrusting it to you to have the best interests of it and it's customers and employees. I'll pay you back as soon as I am capable in return for this favor.
but
i also understand if you don't want to, after what happened. for not telling you the truth about some things.
so
it's okay if you decide you don't want anything to do with the Lounge anymore
[He gives no further context about where he's going or why, and Della will find that any attempts to call or get him to respond via text go unread--his name is still listed in the shell phone contacts, so he hasn't returned home at least. Still, he is not at the Lounge, nor has anyone seen him anywhere else.]
text; post silent voice thread which I swear I will get back to asap
i have to go away for a little while
please look after the Lounge for me until i can come back, i'm entrusting it to you to have the best interests of it and it's customers and employees. I'll pay you back as soon as I am capable in return for this favor.
but
i also understand if you don't want to, after what happened. for not telling you the truth about some things.
so
it's okay if you decide you don't want anything to do with the Lounge anymore
[He gives no further context about where he's going or why, and Della will find that any attempts to call or get him to respond via text go unread--his name is still listed in the shell phone contacts, so he hasn't returned home at least. Still, he is not at the Lounge, nor has anyone seen him anywhere else.]
take your time!
please, come home, i want to talk about it, i want to apologize in person, i want to know you're all right
i promise i'll defend the lounge with my life, and if you're mad at me you can yell at me, cut my pay, do anything you want to me
just please please please please take care of yourself
you're so important to so many people here and that includes me no matter what
you're my friend