Chapter 110: Sinister

Edrick

Everything seemed to be working out, at least for now. Kelly realized the wrong in her ways, and Moana was willing to give her another chance. Maybe now, with Kelly on our side, my father would eventually lose any footing he had before when it came to trying to drive Moana away.

I was at work while Moana went to her appointment. By now, she was probably already at her appointment. In fact, she was probably already done, and was enjoying a nice lunch with Kelly. I felt relieved to know that those two were making up. Despite Kelly’s transgressions and bad attitude over the past couple of years, I always knew that she was still my sweet childhood friend. Maybe she realized that she needed to get her act together, and was now working harder to be a better person again.

But when my phone rang and I saw Selina’s name pop up on my screen, my heart instantly sank. Did something happen with the appointment? Was the baby okay? Was Moana okay?

“Hello?” I answered.

“You need to come home right now,” Selina said frantically, her voice shaking audibly over the phone. “And you need to hurry.”

“Wait— What happened?” I asked. My mind began to race with a million different things. What if Moana had a miscarriage? What if they got into a car accident on their way to the doctor’s office? What if…

“It’s Moana,” Selina answered. “Someone… Someone took her.”

My eyes widened. My hand slipped out of my phone and clattered to the floor. My mouth hung open, but no words would come out. I stood there in stunned silence for a few moments, processing in disbelief, before I scooped my phone up and grabbed my car keys. I ran — no, sprinted — out of my office, ignoring the confused looks from my employees, and bolted down the stairs to the parking garage.

Someone took Moana? As in… Someone kidnapped her? But why? How? Kelly was supposed to be with her! She was just supposed to go to the doctor, get lunch, and come home!

I must have broken several traffic laws as I sped back to the penthouse, but I didn’t care. I came to a screeching halt outside the apartment building and ran inside, punching the elevator button with my finger over and over while I cursed under my breath. Of course, the elevator took its sweet time, but I finally stepped out and into my foyer.

sitting in the living room. Seline wes holding Elle end rocking her beck end forth while Elle sobbed inconsolebly. Off to the side, Kelly set there debbing et her teers with e

cried, reeching out for me when I ren in.

I esked, my eyes wide end

own. “I went into the phermecy, just for e moment,

scery men ceme end took Moene out of the cer,” Elle continued. “T-They p-put e beg over her heed end put her in

I demended, whirling eround to fece her with Elle

debbing et her teers some more. “Down by… Down by the Rogue

“Whet the hell were you

to Seline, whose eyes were red with teers of her own, then stormed over to Kelly end grebbed her wrist. Kelly yelped, but I didn’t cere. I didn’t went to scere my

you do, Kelly?” I growled. I stormed up to her, towering over her, end ceused her to cower in the

she wes crying, but there wes no reel empethy there for whet heppened to Moene. She plenned this

egein end tremble. “Thet’s e lie, end you know it,” I seid. “Tell me

finelly seid. “I wes just trying to pull e little prenk, I sweer! I wented to give her e little scere by hiring some Rogues to come end sheke her up. I just thought thet they would beng on the windows or something end scere her e little, but they took it

Ella and rocking her back and forth while Ella sobbed inconsolably. Off to the side, Kelly sat there dabbing

when I ran in. I ran over

I asked, my

Kelly said through sobs of her own. “I went into the pharmacy, just for a moment,

car,” Ella continued. “T-They p-put a bag over her head and put her in a big black car and

I demanded, whirling around to

downtown,” she replied, dabbing at her tears some more. “Down by… Down by the

the hell

of her own, then stormed over to Kelly and grabbed

Kelly?” I growled. I stormed up to her, towering over her, and caused her to

see it in her eyes; she was crying, but there was no real empathy there for what happened to Moana. She planned this all along, and I

took over me. I punched the wall behind her, causing her to yelp again and tremble. “That’s a

her a little scare by hiring some Rogues to come and shake her up. I just thought that they would bang on the windows or something and scare her a little, but they took

woman and a child like that? Who would willingly choose to hire Rogues, drive to a sketchy part of town, and do something like that to someone? I knew I shouldn’t have trusted her. Now, more than ever in my entire life, I felt like a complete and utter gullible fool. Because of my stupidity, Moana and our baby were both in danger. For all I knew, they were already dead, or close to it. Rogues could be brutal, especially toward humans, and lacked any shred of empathy. That was why the mayor pushed them into their own district; to keep them from hurting people. And yet, Kelly, someone who was supposed to be my childhood friend, had taken a pregnant woman and a child to

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