Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

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.

completely. Their childhood friendship meant a lot to him. While he had once advised Stella to steer clear of Marshall, now he couldn't ignore

contain her emotions toward Marshall after learning

hand and gave it a gentle squeeze. Stella glanced at him before

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 much to drink at

to ask for more details, but the caller seemed busy and hung up after

a girl who had

nor did she ask Keegan to go. Instead,

bring Marshall back because he had

but also several other people, fearing no one would respond. But only Stella and Kayla had answered the call in the middle of the