Roses POV
"Alex, what’s happening?! Where is Alice?!" My voice was shaking with panic, my grip on the phone tightening as if clinging to it would somehow anchor me in the middle of this chaos. "Why was she screaming for help?! I need an explanation right now! What the hell is going on?!"
"Calm down, Rose," Alex’s voice came through the line, deceptively controlled. But beneath that carefully measured tone, I could hear it—tension coiled tight like a wire about to snap. "I’ll explain everything once I get there. I’m almost at the hospital, okay?"
"No! I don’t want to hear any of that bullshit!" My panic twisted into raw frustration, my chest rising and falling in sharp, erratic breaths. "I need to see my friend! I want to talk to Alice! Put her on the damn phone, Alex!" I screamed, the d
