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.

when I was coming back to

the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for her

a knot form in my stomach. “I’m sorry, I

Selina said, her voice quivering with

Selina abruptly hung up the phone. The room spun around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I ran out of the training facility and sprinted up

eno– Are you alright? Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking at me

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

I said to the driver. “I have a feeling

the door handle for dear

at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this way and that as a drunk girl

and came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out

lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just

impact. I shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to the

opened my eyes, panting, and looked down at Ella

managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the

“Mina, was it YOU?”

Mina a while to answer,

“That was… incredible.”

stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their phones to

driver asked, helping me stand as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved

the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms, who only cried

her training!” he shouted in front

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