God, this whole thing was so fake. Anna knew it was fake and that Lillian was just trying to put on a brave face, but maybe worse than that was how much Anna was willing to believe it. How much she wanted to shove everything aside even though she'd told Lillian it never solved anything.

"No," she said, holding on a little more tightly even as she couldn't bring herself to look her friend in the eye. "It's just... more stuff the app takes from you. Stuff you'll probably never get back, even if you wanted it back."

They could fight, they could take the building, they could kill Vanderweele. But some things were gone. Christ, this was depressing.