Chapter 267

Cali had been back in her room for almost twenty minutes when Missi knocked tentatively on her doorframe. Leesa had not answered her phone, so Cali left a detailed text about the xenorians’ visit and asked Leesa to call as soon as she got the chance. She told Leesa not to come back to the dorm until they had talked.

“Hey, I was going to come looking for you,” she said to Missi. “C’mon in.”

She stepped into the room and then moved aside so Missi could enter. As soon as Missi moved past, Cali shut the door to give them privacy. She had turned Pink back on when she returned to her room, and now the singer was singing about broken promises and punching someone out in “Who Knew.” Cali crossed the room and shut the music off, knowing that Missi’s coming here meant something important had happened—and Cali had a sinking feeling in her gut that she knew what it was going to be.

“What’s up?” Ca