Chapter 56: The Unexpected Call
The phone rang at seven in the morning.
Maya was still half-asleep, her face pressed into the pillow, the warmth of Knox's body against her back. The sound cut through the quiet like a blade, sharp and insistent. She groaned, reached for it blindly, knocking over a glass of water in the process. The cold liquid spread across the nightstand, dripping onto the floor, but she barely registered it. Her fingers fumbled for the phone, her mind still foggy with sleep. She didn't recognize the number, but something in her gut told her to answer. The same instinct that had kept her alive through so many dark nights, the same voice that had whispered to her to run, to trust, to stay. She pressed the phone to her ear, her heart already starting to pound against her r
