We haven't talked for 3 days. His phone is off, but more likely it's dead.

This is a pretty normal occurrence: shitty African phones break, or power goes out for a day, or someone steals his phone. But usually he finds a way within a day or 2 to at least call me from a friends phone to let me know he's okay.

He knows that I worry. I am trying not too but I can't help it. He lives in a place where the mortality rate is the 15th highest in the WORLD, where life expectancy is only 50 years old, where traffic accidents and road fatalities are extremely common, ughh I could go on and on.

For those who think I'm overreacting, you are totally right. But last year, I lost one of my very close friends in Senegal due to a car accident. He had just gotten married to a beautiful American woman, who had to go to France for 6 months to finish her degree. He died while she was in France.

See the similarities? I know it's totally illogical, but honestly, it scares the shit out of me.

I just want him to call.