Chapter 23"So what's going on?" asked Charlie once she and the girls were all in Gloria's car. "What's the deal with 'play practice?'"
Gloria started the engine. "You haven't checked your phone yet today, have you?"
"No, I haven't." Immediately, Charlie fished the Nil phone out of her pocket and pushed the power button. "I slept in."
"No worries," said Gloria. "We've got your back. When we didn't hear from you, we figured we better check."
"So, Charlie." Sutra looked back from the front passenger seat. "What happens when your mom wants to see this 'play' you're supposedly in?"
"Honestly, I haven't thought that far ahead yet." As Charlie said it, the screen of the phone lit up. After a few seconds, a text message appeared, time-stamped 7:30AM. According to the I.D. at the to
