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.

environment could

rather stay,"

to watch. To

using techniques he'd never even

rare opportunity-he wasn't about

Tessa didn't respond.

already deep in

nature of the operation, everyone

to shut down their

powered off

Apartment, Landon came

Gone Without

calling her, he got the same message:

her uncle's icy expression and dared not say

threw his phone

she was

shook

course she

was just as

don't worry so much. Maybe she'll

But the tension in the

sank onto the

tried to sit

and watch over Tessa. This is what you call looking

makes you think you deserve to

her knees when his words

silently backed away, eyes

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

finish, Landon shot her a glare so sharp she froze mid-

fiddling with her fingers, pretending she hadn't seen

thought. But

Tessa came back, she was

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