Alina was woken up by the sound of her phone ringing. She groaned, eyes barely open, and reached over to grab it from the nightstand. She grumbled under her breath, ready to snap if it was Kelvin calling.

But when she looked at the screen, her expression changed. It wasn’t Kelvin. It was her mother. Alina blinked in surprise. She didn’t answer right away. Instead, she checked her call log and saw eight missed calls; all from her mother, starting late last night.

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