The group chat had gone from quiet to active in under two minutes after Marcus sent the message.
James had seen the message first and responded immediately, which had pulled in Callum, then Priya, then two others who had apparently been lurking without contributing.
By the time Steven had typed his first reply, the thread had already filled with variations of the same question from four different people.
what happened
bro explain
Marcus talk to us
are you okay first of all
Marcus's reply came after a short pause, long enough that Steven had started wondering if he was going to answer at all.
okay so. I'll just say it.
I was on a delivery run this afternoon. High end stuff. A watch and some clothing items going to an address in River Oaks.
Steven sat up when he read that. According to his one-time shopping experience in the Galleria stores, he knew that the situation was very serious.
