CLAIRE

My phone buzzed again, another unknown number calling. I declined it without hesitation.

"They're going to keep trying," Julian observed.

"Let them," I said. "I'm not changing my mind."

We sat in silence for a few moments. "I don't want to be here," I said suddenly.

"What?" Julian asked.

"I don't want to sit in this apartment all night thinking about this," I explained. "I need to get out, do something, anything."

Julian stood up immediately. "Okay," he said. "Where do you want to go?"

"I don't know," I admitted. "Somewhere I can stop thinking for a few hours."

Julian pulled out his phone and scrolled through something. "There's...