I held down the message box on the phone, and it popped up. A little keyboard with the message bubble from Aleksei. I pressed each letter on the screen slowly.

Ria: Fine. Marek is mad.

It took me about three tries to get it so that it said Marek and not mark or mare, but I hit the little paper airplane and watched the bubble pop up under Aleksei’s bubble.

Aleksei: Look at you! Texting and shit! I can hear Marek screaming through the door of Juri’s office.

Hitting the window button, I ...