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“Do you think we’re like . . . cursed?” Zora whispered.
“Oh, for God’s sake.” Ellie shook her head and walked away, holding her phone to her ear, waiting for a call to go through.
Zora gazed after her. Ellie really was tense, whereas Amanda seemed to never lose her cool. Zora felt bad and weird about everything, and it didn’t help that Brian had retreated to his office again like a turtle. She really needed somebody to talk to. Someone like Bailey, but Bailey was gone.
“We lost Carmen, and then Bailey, and now Tanner is fighting for his life,” Amanda said soberly. “We’re pretty unlucky.”
Ellie turned back around, apparently still waiting for her call to connect.
“Is she leaving?” Zora asked.
“I don’t know.” Amanda’s eyes narrowed as she looked at Ellie, who clicked off her phone in disgust.
“Do you think Delta did it?”
Amanda answered, “I’m not as convinced as Ellie.”
“He said ‘Dee,’ ” Zora reminded. “You heard that, right?”
“Yes.”
Ellie stalked back over to them as Zora asked Amanda, “Are you . . . staying around?”
“I want to know if he lives or dies,” she responded.
“He’s not going to die,” Zora whispered.
“Did you hear the monitor?”
“Yes . . .”
“What do you hear now?”
Zora could have answered, “My own heartbeat,” her pulse was thundering so hard through her veins. “The beep. It’s loud.”
“They’re working on him,” Ellie snapped.
“I don’t hear anything but the beep,” Zora said.
And just like that, the beeping stopped.
Zora’s hand flew to her mouth in horror.
“They’ve stopped trying,” Amanda said shortly, her head cocked, listening.
“He’s not dead,” Zora beseeched her.
“That’s a pretty good clue he is,” Ellie said. Both she and Amanda stood stock-still, their expressions tense.
“Bu . . . but . . . that can’t be!” Zora blubbered.
“Jesus,” Ellie said. She looked shocked.
For the first time, Amanda really focused on Zora. “Are you okay? You look like you’re going to fall over.”
“I’m okay,” she said, but her head was spinning.
“I’ll give you a ride home.”
