Seeing her all down in the dumps, Kruz flipped on his charm switch, cracking jokes and pulling out all the stops to make her laugh.

Thanks to his relentless efforts, Flora's mood had brightened a lot since she first got into the car.

Connor watched from the sidelines, letting out a silent sigh of relief.

He wasn't much of a talker and certainly not skilled at cheering up women. Right then, he realized having Kruz around was a blessing; at least Kruz had the gift of gab and could bring a smile to Flora's face. When they got back to Shallow Bay, Flora headed straight to her room for a shower.

Afterwards, she casually picked up her phone from the table where it was charging and noticed several missed calls.

Calls from Kaylee, Cynthia Eilies, Jules, her dad, and her brother...

"Ding ding ding-"

Just as Flora was about to call Raul back, her phone rang again. It was Cynthia.

She hit the answer button.

"Flora, finally! I've been trying to reach you," Cynthia's excitement was laced with concern. "Flora, are you alright? We heard about what happened at the lab..."

much that even the police got involved. It was hard for anyone not to

tons of nasty comments about

sip of milk from the

all know what happened to Alexa isn't your fault. Don't let the online trolls get to you," Cynthia

before and knew, much like Libby, she

tragic, couldn't be

note she

"Don't worry about it."

replied coolly, setting her glass

letting out a soft laugh, "No, that's all. Flora, I know I'm not much help, but if you need anything, just holler. I'm here for

connected to the internet and

online, a tidal wave of notifications hit

two minutes for her phone to settle

expressionless face, Flora clicked on the trending topics. The number one trend was about a female student from the University of Maple Grove, Alexa, who had died

Grove Student's

#Alexa's Suicide Note#

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