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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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has to be a

too much sun. Maybe a coconut did

I read it again.

at once, tangling into one

"Fuck."

balled up in my fist, my feet moving without me telling them to. My mind raced, grasping for answers, for some way to

supposed to deal

in front of the door, my hand hovering over the knob, fingers

I needed a second.

goddamn

closed my eyes, inhaled deep, exhaled slow, and then

And froze.

the space, low and

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made

on the

A phone.

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tracks.

with the outside world.

the phone right now? It didn't make any

daze I'd been in

But then-

I heard

everything inside me

her voice light, casual, like she was talking about us to

But then she laughed.

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