Chapter 456 Gone Without a Trace

Ethan stayed silent.

He stood off to the side, eyes fixed on Tessa.

At this point, she was his last hope.

He wasn't the type to give up until the very end.

Simon stood by too, at a loss for what else he could do.

If Ethan and Tessa hadn't given up, how could he?

"Tessa, is there anything I can do to help?" he asked. At the very least, he was a trained professional-maybe his help could make a difference.

But Tessa only shook her head.

"You can't help with this."

She wasn't trying to be rude-it was simply the truth.

Simon opened his mouth, then shut it again.

The feeling of helplessness stung more than he expected.

He'd always been someone who tried his hardest. But sometimes, effort alone wasn't enough.

He had done everything he could.

And it still wasn't enough.

"Simon, maybe take a break. Step outside for a bit," Ethan suggested. Simon had

been cooped up in this room since the incident began.

shift in environment could bring new

stay," Simon

to

using techniques he'd never

rare opportunity-he wasn't

Tessa didn't respond.

was already deep in

sensitive nature of the operation, everyone

down

powered off when she

meant-back at Wisteria Apartment, Landon came home to find

Gone Without a

time he tried calling her, he got the

icy expression and

phone onto

tell you where she was going?" he asked, voice low

immediately shook her

she didn't

just

Maybe she'll

in the room was making her

sank onto

then tried to sit

stay here and watch over Tessa. This

makes you think

when his words hit her

backed

ever say I had to watch her? And she doesn't even need me to watch

could finish, Landon shot her a glare so

and started fiddling

broken, she thought. But I'm not

back, she was

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