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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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No, this has to

was hallucinating. Maybe I got too much sun. Maybe a coconut did hit me in the head, and this was some

I read it again.

through me all at once, tangling into one big mess that

"Fuck."

balled up in my fist, my feet moving without me telling them

was I supposed to deal

door, my hand hovering over the knob,

I needed a second.

one goddamn second

exhaled slow, and

And froze.

drifted through the space, low and

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what made me stop dead in

was 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

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

I'd

But then-

heard her next

everything inside me

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

But then she laughed.

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