“Paige?

What’s going on?” “I really need help, Mason,” I whispered, and the moment I said the words out loud, to someone who was on my side, the tears I had been holding back all night finally came, warm down my cheeks in the dark of the exam room.

His voice sharpened at once, all the sleep gone out of it.

“Where are you right now?” “I’m at Scripps Mercy,” I managed.