Lily’s POV

The second message from Mia hit my screen almost immediately after the first.

HOW DARE YOU

My fingers tightened around the phone. Before I could even process the all-caps rage, her name lit up again this time with an incoming call. The screen pulsed. I stared at it, heart slamming against my ribs. Every instinct told me to ignore it, to let it ring out, to pretend I hadn’t seen. But my thumb moved on its own. I hesitated one last second, then answered.

I expected screaming. I expected the full force of her fury pouring through the speaker the second the call connected. Instead, her voice came...