Chapter 24

Camila stepped into the room on the second floor, pulled out her phone from her bag, and connected it to the charger. She stared at the blinking charging icon on the screen, and for some reason, Kendall popped into her head. Right before her phone had died, she'd seen over a dozen missed calls from Kendall-every single one placed the night everything went down. And then... nothing after that. Was Kendall really in trouble? Or was it something else...? The thought made her feel even more uneasy. Camila didn't want to doubt her friend, but the timing of those calls that night was just way too sketchy to ignore. She lowered her gaze, sinking into the chair by the window, sunlight pouring in and casting soft shadows over her face. After a while, she picked up her phone again, finally deciding to call Kendall and get to the bottom of it. "Hello?" Kendall's voice came through after a long ring-soft, flirtatious, and laced with a lazy charm. Camila froze. All the questions running through her