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..."

incident had blown up so much that even the police got involved. It was hard for anyone not

of

Flora took a sip of milk from the glass

Don't let the online trolls get to you," Cynthia

much like Libby, she wasn't exactly

tragic, couldn't be pinned on

suicide note she

"Don't worry about it."

replied coolly, setting her glass down. "Anything

Flora's calm tone, Cynthia was silent for a good three seconds before 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 you." Flora murmured a

the

she got online, a

two minutes for her phone

about a female student from the University of Maple Grove, Alexa, who had died in an

Maple Grove Student's

#Alexa's Suicide Note#

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