- Damon White:
"What happened? Why do you guys look like you're going to a funeral?" Alexei's words hung in the air, cutting through the tense silence that had enveloped the room.
We all stood there, still caught in the weight of Dimitri's news.
For a moment, I wasn't sure how to respond, how to break the news to Alexei.
Dimitri had been bracing for this moment—the moment when Alexei would find out that Barbie was gone.
He just didn't know how to do it.
Dimitri cleared his throat, a deep sigh escaping him as he stepped forward.
He looked over at Alexei, his expression now unreadable, his usual confidence replaced by a somberness that was hard to ignore.
"Alexei," Dimitri began, his voice low and cautious. "There's something we need to tell you."
He paused for a moment, his eyes searching Alexei's face as if looking for the right words. "Barbie… she's… she's dead."
