this technically happens after the draft but it gets brought up
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The phone rings in Kent's ear. He waits. And waits. And—
“Kent.”
Her voice sounds different than Kent remembers it; not the fond, round edges or no-nonsense tones he was used to hearing, but blunt. Hollow. Even just on his name.
There’s static over the line, crackling over the thousands of miles and three time zones between them. Kent can still hardly believe that she, out of all the Zimmermanns, picked up.
“Mrs. Zimmermann,” he says after a moment too long being frozen, but now is thrown into action, his words scrambling over one another to get out of his mouth faster. “How is Jack? Please, is he okay? Nobody will tell me anything and he’s not picking up the phone, I even tried Bob but. Please. I just want to know he’s alright.”
OR: After the draft, Kent can't get ahold of Jack. So, he tries calling the other Zimmermanns. Alicia is the only one to pick up.