A heavy weight pressed down on my chest. "Mrs. Ellison, I'm... a friend of Maya's. I heard something happened to her. Do you know how she's doing? What exactly happened?"

Her voice trembled, breaking as she responded. "We... we don’t know. She won’t say a word."

"Is Maya’s boyfriend with her right now?" I asked carefully.

"Boyfriend?" She sounded genuinely surprised, as if she had no idea what I was talking about.

My heart ...