Chapter 12: Missing
Moana

I felt my heart sink into the pit of my stomach at the attendant’s words.

“She left quite a while ago. Did you not pick her up?”

“Hold on,” I replied, walking away briskly and trying to stay calm as I dialed the penthouse phone number into my cell phone and asked the concierge to direct me to Edrick’s suite. This had to be some misunderstanding. Surely Ella was safely home. Maybe Amy or Lily got confused with the schedule and picked her up without letting me know.

“Hello?” Selina’s voice said on the other line after a few rings.

“Selina,” I said, trying to sound as calm and collected as possible, “did Amy or Lily pick up Ella from her training?”

Selina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. That’s your job.” Her voice sounded stern and cold, but I could sense a hint of fear behind it as she seemed to put two and two together. I knew that Selina cared for Ella just as much as I did, and the last thing she would ever want would be for something bad to happen to Ella.

“f**k,” I whispered.

“Excuse me?” Selina growled, irritated by my choice of language.

responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to pick Ella

end of the line. “You weren’t there for her when she was finished with her

form in my stomach. “I’m sorry, I

Selina said, her voice

phone. The room spun around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for

alright? Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking at me

to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had left, I had

Waterside District,” I said to the

seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As we flew down the city streets, all I could

a familiar little head of blonde hair walking at an intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at

The driver slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped

I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as

into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the other side of

opened my eyes, panting, and looked down at

out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the

“Mina, was it YOU?”

tried…” It took Mina a while to

“That was… incredible.”

stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk,

my arms. Without a word as I

He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out

in front of the lobby staff. “I should fire you

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255