Stella was taken aback seeing that Marshall Moore was calling her.

Since their last disagreement, she hadn’t been in touch with Marshall. Plus, the timing was odd-well past one in the morning, which didn't fit Marshall's usual habits.

She furrowed her brow but didn't reach for the phone.

Keegan glanced at Stella. "Aren't you going to pick up?"

Stella tossed him the phone. "No."

Keegan nodded approvingly, but still handed the phone back. "Calling at this hour must mean it's urgent. You should take it." Stella remained silent. Keegan wasn't being jealous or passive-aggressive; he genuinely believed it was important.

couldn't ignore Marshall's situation completely. Their childhood friendship meant a lot to him. While he had once advised Stella to steer

Stella couldn't contain her emotions toward Marshall

and gave it a gentle squeeze. Stella glanced at

of the line was noisy, but the voice wasn't Marshall's; it belonged to a stranger. They informed her that Marshall had had too

more details, but the caller seemed busy and hung up

private room at the Sapphire Clubhouse. The server said he had been drinking heavily on behalf of a girl who had accidentally stained another guest's clothes. The guest had deliberately caused trouble for the

nor did she ask Keegan to go.

Vermont didn't bring Marshall back because he had run into Kayla

people, fearing no one would respond. But only Stella and Kayla had answered the call in the

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