Charli

"What?" I asked Silvia as I tried to comprehend her words. "Nox's father wants to speak to me?"

"Yes," she said. "You can take the call in Lennox's office, if you'd like." She tilted her head toward Deloris. "It would be more private."

More private? I still hadn't been told the story I was supposed to relay about the shooting. I'd pleaded ignorant with my parents, but if I recalled, Nox had mentioned his father's name, as if he'd spoken to him since our ...