There’s WiFi!

“Shit. Shit. Shit,” Joshua chants after listening to the message from his mom. “She thinks I’m-“

“Dead,” Dominic interrupts. “Yes, I know.” At the look of confusion that flits across Joshua’s face, he adds, “My kind have very good hearing.”

“Of course you do. Why does she think I’m dead?”

“I heard the same message you did.”

Joshua’s gaze hardens to a glare. “You’re gonna have to try better than that. My life didn’t turn upside down until you walked into it. She said she ‘heard what happened’ and had to call because she ‘can’t believe I’m really gone.’ Where would she have heard…? She can’t possibly have heard ‘what happened’ because it’s not like anything that’s actually happened to us would be on the news or anything so…”

“I would tend to agree. But watching the news may not be a bad idea. If she heard something there we can find out what it was.”

Joshua returns his attention to his phone.

“Do not call her,” Dominic commands quickly.

“Yes, sir. I was actually going to check online for news. I was paying attention all of, what – six minutes ago? – when you said it’d be safer for my family if they don’t know anything. Hey! There’s WiFi!”