SHOCK was an understatement. Danica was astonished on hearing that.

"Are you serious? It is nigh?" Danica gasped, her eyes growing wide with disbelief.

She sat upright on her bed, the fluffy throw pillow she had been lazily cuddling tossed aside in an instant. Kyria with her bright brown eyes and tiny gold hoops glinting in her ears, gave her a slow, knowing nod.

"I’m telling you, Dani," she said, crossing her legs as she leaned back against the headboard, "my mom heard it from one of ...