Eva is standing in the kitchen, trying to get her mom on the phone again.
“Nothing,” she says, setting the phone down. “I just wish Mom was more … mobile. I wish I knew she and Bianca were safe.”
Dany touches her friend’s shoulder. “Bianca will get her out. She’ll take care of your mom. She will.”
“I know,” Eva says and smiles sadly. “Yeah, I know.”
Between attempts, Eva tries to use her eGlasses – and though she juiced them up while they were at Faraday’s, a lifetime ago, the little thing is unable to connect to the invisible ether-world that binds every last one of them together. And so, useless. Except, maybe, as glasses.
So, no more updates on her follower count.
“Let’s check on Faraday,” Dany says.
Eva shrugs and the two of them make their way to the doorway of the small g
