Rebirth of the Wife in Despair by Tess Munoz

Chapter 17 Her Going Missing Might Be A Good Thing

Sharon said, “Yes. The driver went to pick her up after school, but she never came out. I called all the classes she was supposed to go to as well, and they all said she never showed up. I’ve just made a police. report. Do you think anything could’ve happened to her?”

Eric

spun the steering wheel with his other hand. “Probably not. She called me just now, but I didn’t pick up. How about… I’ll go looking around the places she usually goes to, and call you back if I find

her.

“Yes, of course!”

Sharon hung up the phone. Vera had heard the call, and knew what happened. “Why would Eileen go missing all of a sudden? Did something happen to her?”

“She’s probably just hiding somewhere. Don’t worry, she’ll be fine.”

“I can go looking for her with you, Eric!”

Eric shook his head, turning Vera down at once. “That’s alright. I might just know where she is.”

Eileen was stuck-up and stubborn, and had always been a selfish person. She might just be throwing a

tantrum.

sick of it, but would go looking for her still. Eric was not too worried about this. He even felt like her going missing might be a good thing. He stopped the car in front

her shoulders. “You

very heavy, all of them

You get some rest, don’t

I

on, then. I’ll watch

you leave.”

under Eric’s gaze. Her heart was racing, and the wind

she had been hanging out with Eric like a normal couple save for intimacy.

said goodnight to each other before they went to bed. Eric would

Her and Eric…

very much present in her and Eric’s lives, and Vera would never be together with Eric as long as Eileen

feelings for Eric,

been the only family Vera had

from begging on the streets to getting into. fights with other beggars and

did have feelings for Eric.

Eric

her back,

to by the man behind her. She had never been able to hide anything from him,