Trends: Part Two
- 12 hours ago
- 13 min read
Parts: One Bonnie’s phone buzzed on the nightstand, insistent and needy, like a living thing demanding her attention. She reached for it before her eyes were even open, her hand moving on its own, trained by two days of compulsive checking. The screen’s harsh light sliced through the darkness, and the numbers waiting for her made her heart thud: seventy-three new group messages, her post from last night at over two thousand likes, her follower count ticking upward, stuck mid-refresh as if the app itself couldn’t keep up.