Eva awoke with a start, jolted from sleep by the harsh sound of her phone clattering against the nightstand. She squinted at the bright sunlight filtering through the curtains, grimacing at the dull ache behind her eyes - a lingering effect of the tears she had shed the previous evening.
With a groan, she reached for her phone, its screen a chaos of missed call notifications. Two from an unknown number, one from Noah and a voice message, and another two from Audrey. Eva sighed in exasperation. It was already afternoon and she started to wonder how she would start her day.
Before she could move, her phone rang again, buzzing angrily with Audrey's ringtone.
Eva accepted the call with a raspy "Hello?"
"Jesus, Eva, I was getting worried," Audrey's familiar voice crackled over the line, a
