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.”

the box and opened it, and inside was

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

out

opened the address book, but there was

to mention frequently before,

with me ran out of battery. If you charge it and see

reply to my messages? What’s

the school to take care of something and then come back home?

dialed the phone and the other side answered immediately.

finally showed up! I was so worried; I

e!”

am Brennan, Marlene’s uncle. Marlene hasn’t come home yet, so I have a few questions to ask you. Please answer them truthfully.”

her saliva and quickly

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Marlene, and it was you