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I nodded absentmindedly as the hotel manager told me to wait, my fingers tapping against my thigh. "Sure, no problem," I muttered, shifting my weight from one foot to the other.

Vivien was going to kill me if I was late for snorkeling.

The thought almost made me smile, but there was this weird weight in my chest, like my body already knew something was wrong before my brain caught up. The manager disappeared behind the desk, rustling through some papers, and I exhaled slowly, rolling my shoulders. This was probably nothing. Just Jess checking in.

Then the manager returned. He handed me a single piece of

paper.

A simple, nondescript sheet. Nothing special. Nothing alarming.

Until I read it.

And reread it.

And reread it again.

I stared at the words, my vision blurring for a second, my brain struggling to compute the message staring right back at me. My heart was pounding in my ears, my pulse a jackhammer against my ribs. 0.00%

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this has

too much sun. Maybe a coconut did hit me in the head, and this was some kind of heatstroke-induced fever

I read it again.

me all at once, tangling

"Fuck."

feet moving without me telling them to. My mind raced, grasping for answers, for some way to handle this, to process

was I supposed to deal with

my hand hovering over the

I needed a second.

one goddamn

slow, and then finally, I turned the handle

And froze.

drifted through the space, low

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made me stop dead in

on the

A phone.

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tracks.

fucking phones here. No reception. No contact with the outside world. That's why they had to write the damn message down

hell was Vivien talking on the phone right now? It didn't make any sense! Why would she lie and convince the hotel to

I'd

But then-

heard

everything inside me

are getting serious," she said, her voice light, casual, like she

But then she laughed.

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