Angela:
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I don't remember when I stopped crying. At some point my body gives up. I fall asleep on my pillow wet from my tears.
I do not dream. I am too empty for that. Too tired.
Something loud drags me out of my sleep.
A ring. Sharp. Repeated. Insistent.
I blink, my head pounding.
It takes me a moment to realize that the ringing is coming from my phone on the nightstand.
I pick it up.
There are twelve missed calls, all from Brandon.
Before I can process why he called me that much, the phone rings again.
I don't understand why my heart jumps at the thought he already knows about Cassian and me.
I swipe to answer.
“Brandon…” I begin, but I do not finish, when a loud, violent cough comes through the speaker.
“Brandon? What is going on? Where are you?” I ask, just as I hear t
