Chapter 5

My phone buzzed again—this time from Domingo: [Rhea, you home? Maribel and I are trapped at the office. Can you swing by and pick us up? It's absolute chaos outside!]

I blocked his number without hesitation. Moments later, Maribel's message came through: [Rhea! Help us! Domingo's talking about heading your way, but I'm scared it's not safe there either. What do we do?]

Her phony worry nearly made me burst out laughing. In my previous life, it was crap like this that tugged at my heartstrings, pushing me to risk it all by driving out to save them. And their…