Zhao's patience was being tested. The text has not received an answer for much longer than just few heavy heartbeats. Seconds passed. Then, minutes. But when it got close to the moment of breaking point, when the moment when Zhao would storm off approached, that's when the cellphone pinged a text.

1st, doll, r u OK?

Count on Majima to type out the endearment, but shorten everything else in the message. Immediately after this one comes a second.

2nd, some shit's might be going down. stay put