Lucas’ POVFor a moment after Clarisse spoke, I couldn’t hear anything else.The words did not register as language at first. They were just sounds. Empty, meaningless sounds that floated in the air and refused to settle into anything real.My phone slipped from my hand and hit the floor and I stared at the spot where it landed, my mind blank.That couldn’t be right. Emily was alive. She had been texting me hours ago. She had been asking about colors and flowers and laughing about Clarisse’s looks.I shook my head slowly, as if the motion alone could undo what I had just heard.“No,” I said, though I wasn’t sure who I was talking to. “That’s not… no.”Chris was saying my name, his voice was urgent, but it felt distant, like it was coming from underwater.I pressed my palms to my temples, trying to force my thoughts to line up, to make sense.“Lucas,” Chris said again, stepping closer. “Listen to me.”I looked up at him.“No,” I snapped. “You listen to me. She was fine. She was plannin
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