“Scarlett? What’s wrong?” Carina asked. Her voice sounded like it was coming from far away. I didn’t answer. I couldn’t. All I could do was stare at the words on my phone screen while lead ingots piled up in my lungs, strangling the flow of oxygen. I kept waiting for the letters to rearrange themselves into a new sentence, one I could accept, but the headline remained the same. BREAKING: Asher Donovan rushed to hospital after car crash in north London.
