Chapter 142

They hadn't talked for almost two months now. Anna had been too scared to call Sophia, and Sophia had gone completely MIA, like she just vanished off the face of the earth. For two girls who'd been glued together since middle school, this total radio silence was seriously weird. Anna was basically living on edge, forever waiting for Sophia to call out of nowhere. Just when she started to think maybe she'd dodged a bullet, caught a breather, bam—a call came in and shot her anxiety through the roof. The phone screen glowed with that cold blue light, buzzing non-stop like it was dead set on making that call happen no matter what. Anna's nerves were ready to bail. Well, whatever—get it over with! With no way out, she shot Julian a pleading look, then bit the bullet and picked up the phone. "Hey, Sophia!" She tried to sound chill, like nothing was off. There was a short pause on the other end. Then came a soft question: "Anna, where are you right now? And who are you with?" "I'm just..." An