How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

Chapter 814

Jarrod stood by the window, his expression clouded with worry as he looked down at the chaos unfolding below. Elodie was still missing-no one had found her yet.

And with others circling like sharks, he knew he had to tread even more carefully

now.

He turned to Fleming, who was working intently at the console ahead. "What brings Mr. Mercer here?"

Without pausing, Fleming replied, "Esmeralda asked me to come in and look for Ms. Thorne. I thought she might be with you."

Jarrod's heart sank.

Clearly, Elodie was still nowhere to be found.

"I haven't found her yet," he murmured, eyes dropping to the wedding ring on his finger.

Fleming continued, "I've already searched both the west and south wings-no sign of her. Which way did you come in, Mr. Silverstein?"

This area wasn't all that big, but with the ongoing chaos and people trapped everywhere, finding anyone was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

deep in thought. "So we

all colleagues, evacuating as a team. Finding one person is hard,

team, they should've checked in with

But for

people, it shouldn't be this difficult to find at least

Unless...

eyes darkened. "Is it possible they're not even

half an hour ago—the military had already been dispatched to aid the search, but so far, they'd

Jarrod's theory was starting to

pulled out his phone,

first," he said, a new plan forming. If Elodie was no longer in

didn't hesitate. He rounded up his team and headed back to the

Night had fallen.

given a room on

any of her colleagues. Watts was

idea

watching over her had finally retreated for a break, leaving the hallway

slipped out onto the bedroom's

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