Liana's POV
It happened at 2:43 p.m.
I know the exact time because I was staring at my phone when it came through. Not for any particular reason, just that specific unfocused staring you do when your brain is running three things at once and your eyes have given up on focusing.
Raphael's text was still unanswered at the top of my screen.
Are you free tonight? I need to talk to you. It's important.
I'd been turning it over all morning. The word important doing things to my chest that I didn't have time for. Important could mean anything. Important could mean he'd found something. Important could mean he was pulling back. Important could mean—
My phone buzzed.
Lucy.
I opened it without thinking. It's an habit. Three years of friendship and my thumb just moved.
One sentence.
She's
