Gia Paige _verified_ - Is Everything Ok?

Natalie stared at the screen, her thumb hovering over the keyboard. Three words. A name she hadn’t seen in her contacts since she’d changed her number last spring. Gia hadn’t just been blocked. She’d been quarantined.

The dots appeared immediately. Then disappeared. Then appeared again. is everything ok? gia paige

I don’t know.

Natalie typed back:

I’m at the VA on Sepulveda.