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answer the door dude

wtf….. you’re not here? are you upstairs or dead???

okay if you don’t read these messages in 60 seconds i’m coming upstairs

Then the time stamps jump forward to a couple of minutes ago.

Carter

update: he’s alive, ignore everything above

extremely my bad bro

i can head home if you wanna catch up later

just let me know

Murph

???

Drew

WTF is happening?

Carter

he slept in

Zach

There’s a story, and we want it.

Carter

ok so he was up late

…and slept in

now go the fuck to sleep

Murph

Don’t quit your day job to become a children’s author.

Zach

Nice try, Carter. Islands have no secrets. Spill…

Carter hasn’t responded again, but I know my friends. This is only going to get worse until I say something.

I pause by the door to tap out a few quick messages.

You’re all a bunch of busybodies. Thanks for trying, Carter.

Everything’s fine but it was a hell of a night.

I’ll fill you all in ASAP.

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