Paige:Call me
Paige:Why are you on the front page of the Babbler?
Paige:Did you seriously marry a rock star and NOT INVITE ME?!
Paige:CALL ME!!!
I didn’t know what to say to her yet, so I couldn’t call her. I opened another text thread.
Mom:Trent says he’s willing to go to counseling.
Mom:Ignoring me won’t make it go away.
Mom:You’re being so immature, Saylor. I raised you better than this.
And yet not a single text from Trent himself. Clearly someone was deluded, and it wasn’t me.
And then the weird texts started coming in.
Ping!
Angela:You married Malcolm Holt! OMG! Call me
Ping!
Emma:You canceled your wedding to Trent to marry a rock star? How on earth did that happen?
Ping! Ping!
Olivia:Congrats on your wedding!
Olivia: Can you introduce me to Leif Eccles?
People I hadn’t talked to since college or high school suddenly started blowing up my phone.
Ping! Ping! Ping!
“Oh my god,” I murmured.
“Yeah, you might want to power it off,” Naomi muttered from the front seat. “Actually, hand it here.” She held her hand out to me.
Just give her my phone? “Um, why?”
“We should lock down your social media accounts before the news goes mainstream.” She wiggled her fingers in a gimmie motion.
“Okay.” I shrugged and passed my phone to her.
“The trolls will be ruthless once they find you, given the timing with Gio’s death and all. And you don’t look like a girl who could hold her own with them. Better to lock them out.”
That sounded like an insult, but I was too jet lagged to piece together a proper retort. Plus, I didn’t know if she was snarky by nature or gonna be an issue—aka jealous about me and Mal. They seemed to have more of a sibling relationship, but it was too soon to tell really. And I was so, so tired.
I sighed and rubbed my temple. “Do you know how much longer he’s going to be? I’d kill for a coffee right about now.”
“There’s a Krispy Kreme a few blocks away. Will that do?”
I shrugged. “Donuts and coffee sound awesome.”
She tapped the driver on the shoulder. “Let’s hit the drive-thru. We’ll be there and back before Mal even gets to the serenity prayer.”