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He lifts his shoulder, a disbelieving smile twitching along his lips. “They know who we are.”
It takes a solid beat for me to process what he’s saying.
And then it all washes over me.
The Lost Boys.
Our anonymous account.
Who we really are under the ski masks…
Shawn has his head in his hands, and Phoebe’s bouncing on her toes next to him. Ivy’s gaze is lasered on her phone, devouring whatever it is that just blew our morning up.
Will’s cupping Way’s cheeks, grinning down at him. But I don’t miss the way he’s nodding, almost like he’s reassuring him.
I turn to my left—
But no one’s there.
My phone vibrates—I hear it buzzing from inside my bag.
Pulling it out, my eyes widen as I see all the notifications pouring in.
Oh shit.
Bile rushes up my throat.
And then I see it.
Popping up in between all the chaos, there’s suddenly a new Snapchat notification, there and gone so fast I could’ve easily missed it before getting lost in the onslaught.
My thumbs fumble over the screen in my haste to pull up the app.
A roar fills my ears, and I ignore everything else save for Jeremy’s emboldened name, and the tiny words underneath sayingTap to view.
I swallow thickly and click it.
It’s a shot of the Philly skyline through a glaring bus window. I can just make out his silvery blond hair, and the slope of his jaw in the reflection.
My mouth kicks up, a quiet huff of laughter escaping me.
It’s nothing. Nothing at all.
Yet, it’s everything I could ask for in this moment.
He knows,I realize, feeling something settle inside me.
The message expires and I lift my head. Holding up the phone, I take a picture of everyone in this moment, screenshotting it before sending it his way.
“Mason!” Phoebe screeches, running toward me.
I catch her lanky body, and spin her around, gripping my phone tightly so as to not to send it flying.
We knew this day would come eventually, sooner rather than later. But it’s one thing to expect it, another to live it.
I wonder who spilled the beans.
My phone starts ringing, but I ignore it, squeezing my sister to me.
