Celina stared at her phone screen for a few minutes, undecided. Gabriel's message still glowed on the display: "Wanna see me sing tonight?" The simple, direct invitation made her heart beat a little faster. She knew she was vulnerable, sensitive, but at the same time she felt she needed a change of scenery, to experience something different from the pain she had been dragging around.

She was snapped out of her reverie when Tatiana entered the room, her hair tied back in a loose bun and wearing