Chapter 456 Gone Without a Trace

Ethan stayed silent.

He stood off to the side, eyes fixed on Tessa.

At this point, she was his last hope.

He wasn’t the type to give up until the very end.

Simon stood by too, at a loss for what else he could do.

If Ethan and Tessa hadn’t given up, how could he?

“Tessa, is there anything I can do to help?” he asked. At the very least, he was a trained professional–maybe his help could make a difference.

But Tessa only shook her head.

“You can’t help with this.”

She wasn’t trying to be rude–it was simply the truth.

Simon opened his mouth, then shut it again.

The feeling of helplessness stung more than he expected.

He’d always been someone who tried his hardest. But sometimes, effort alone wasn’t enough.

He had done everything he could.

And it still wasn’t enough.

“Simon, maybe take a break. Step outside for a bit,” Ethan suggested. Simon had been cooped up in this room since the incident began.

shift in environment could

stay,” Simon

to watch.

he’d

a rare opportunity–he wasn’t about to

Tessa didn’t respond.

was already deep in

the sensitive nature of the operation, everyone inside the control zone had to

been powered off when

meant–back at Wisteria Apartment, Landon came home to

456 Gone Without a

time he tried calling her, he got the

expression

threw his phone onto

she was going?” he

shook

course she

just

be back any minute,” she offered weakly. But the tension in the room

onto

hesitated, then tried to sit down

here and watch over Tessa. This is what you call

knees when

backed away, eyes

did you ever say I had to watch her? And she doesn’t even need me to watch over

could finish, Landon shot her

her head and started fiddling

is broken, she thought. But I’m not

back, she was

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