Is Everything Ok? Gia Paige [new] May 2026

I’m fine. Why are you really texting?

Everything.

Natalie’s stomach dropped. The VA. Not a rooftop bar. Not a premiere after-party. The Veterans Affairs hospital. The place where their father had died of cirrhosis three years ago, alone, because Gia had been “networking.” is everything ok? gia paige

Natalie stared at the screen, her thumb hovering over the keyboard. Three words. A name she hadn’t seen in her contacts since she’d changed her number last spring. Gia hadn’t just been blocked. She’d been quarantined. I’m fine

Then she thought of the thunderstorm. The way Gia, at seven years old, had looked at her and said, “You won’t leave, right? Even when I’m bad?” at seven years old