His Heart Is Now Elsewhere

Chapter 6

Brennan went crazy and dialed again.

No matter how many times he dialed, the only sound that came from the phone was that

mechanical female voice saying, “I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later!”

He was so anxious that he couldn’t stand steadily. Still not fully recovered, he felt dizzy and fell to

the ground.

Auntie rushed over to help him when she heard the noise. He anxiously asked, “Auntie, did Marlene come back after she went out this morning? Did she say where she was going and when she would be back? I’ve been trying to call her but couldn’t reach her.”

Auntie then exclaimed, turned around and took a box. “Ms. Castillo’s phone is here. She said she won’t be coming back for lunch or dinner today when she went out in the morning. She’s going to

have a gatherin

with her friends. The phone was brought by Ms. Castillo’s friend this afternoon, who said that the young lady left her phone at her place.”

and opened it, and inside was Marlene’s

phone and find his friend’s contact information, but he discovered

out of battery.

the address book, but there was

WhatsApp, I found that good girlfriend she used to mention frequently before,

left with me ran out of battery. If you charge it and see this message, please

reply to

the school to take care of something and then

dialed the phone and the other side

I was so

e!”

Brennan, Marlene’s uncle. Marlene hasn’t come home yet, so I have

swallowed her saliva and quickly

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I called Marlene, and it was you