Beauty's eyes lit up, and she quickly grabbed the phone, grateful for the interruption.

"Jessie!"

Beauty answered with forced enthusiasm, trying to cover up the panic in her voice.

"Hey! What's up?"

"Beauty, hey! How's it going? I've been trying to reach since last night!"

Jessie's voice yelled through the phone.

Beauty glanced at Nia, who was still staring at her expectantly, arms crossed.

"Uh, it's going... great!"

Beauty forced a laugh, ...