Page 48 of Dead to Me

“Why?”

“Just answer me.”

“No, she came over around eight something.”

Malcolm fell quiet. I could almost hear his thoughts.

China stood.

“What's going on?”

“Nothing babe.”

“Malcolm.”

“I'll call you back.”

“Don’t hang up on me.”

“I said I'll call you back.”

China looked at her phone and stared.

“What the hell?”

I checked my reflection. My curls looked perfect, so I reached up and fixed one.

“He’s probably nervous.”

China looked at me.

“He asked about you.”

“So, what that mean?”

“Why would he ask if you were here all morning?”

I shrugged.

“Maybe he’s obsessed with me.”

China stayed serious, but I laughed. Just then, someone knocked on the suite door. A bridesmaid went to open it.

A hotel employee was waiting outside. He whispered something, and the bridesmaid’s expression shifted.

“What?”

China turned.

“What happened?”

The employee looked into the room.

“I apologize, but there has been an incident in the hotel.”

Everyone fell silent. China got up.

“What kind of incident?”