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You have ten unread messages from the Fitzgerald Family Chat.Ten? Jesus. I quickly skim through the messages to makesure nobody is dying, because tonight all my attention is going to be onher.

ZACH:

Has anybody heard from Asher? I tried calling him and he hasn’t answered?

I roll my eyes, because really? I don’t need them gossiping about me right now. Especially when my business is falling apart and I intend to seek solace with the one woman who knows how to soothe me.

HUDSON:

He’s in New York. Dealing with the break-in.

There’s a string of messages where Hudson fills them in on what’s happened. Which is kind of a good thing I guess, because it saves me a job. Still, there’s a weird lump in my throat as I read it, because this whole thing is such a mess.

AUTUMN:

I guess that explains why he’s been so weird lately.

ZACH:

Weird, how?

AUTUMN:

I don’t know. Just different. He has this tone… I guess the only way I can explain it is he sounds like Hudson did when Skyler first came to the island.

ZACH:

You think a woman’s involved?

AUTUMN:

On Liberty? No. But maybe in New York. The break in could be a convenient excuse

WYATT:

ZACH:

Wyatt agrees. That means it’s irrefutable.

I let out a sigh and finally type a reply, because they’re driving me crazy. And the last thing I need is them figuring out who is heading to New York right now.

ASHER:

I’m fine. And you all need to find some hobbies. Speaking of which, anybody heard from Eden?

HUDSON:

Not me. No. Anybody else?

Bingo. Job done. I make a mental reminder to send my youngest sister a big box of chocolates some time. Yes, it needed to be done to give myself some damn peace from them all, but Eden being the sacrificial lamb deserves some kind of payment.

AUTUMN:

She texted me a selfie yesterday. Said she was “heading up the mountain” and hasn’t responded since.

ZACH:

Didn’t she say that the time she got stuck in a monastery with no cell signal?