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.

sorry,” I responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to

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

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

her voice quivering

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

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

rack my brain as to where Ella might

to the orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling she

the gas and peeled away from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road,

hair walking at an intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I

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

than I ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk just

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

and looked down

the speeding sports car, which

“Mina, was it YOU?”

to answer, and she seemed to be so

“That was… incredible.”

other on the sidewalk, pulling out their phones to snap

as I held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word

back to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived

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

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