Chapter 24

At the corner cafe.

Robin probably never expected Stella to comer him into a meeting like this, so when he arrived. his face was a storm cloud

“I get that you want to find your friend, but this is not the way to do it!” Robin frowned, his tone carried reprimand.

“And what way is right, huh? Wait for you cops to crack the case? It’s been ages! If she’s waiting for someone to save her, can you imagine how hopeless she must feel?” Stella’s voice cracked with desperation as she confronted Robin.

Robin’s face darkened, his fingers massaging his temples, “I understand you’re worried…”

“You don’t get it! Stella cut him off sharply.

Robin fell silent. He looked at Stella and said nothing more.

“If I hadn’t called it in to report that Phoebe was missing, no one would have called the police and you wouldn’t have opened a case. She’s got no parents left, nothing! She only has me! If I don’t do something, she’ll just… vanish.” Stella’s eyes were reddened with tears, while her fists. clenched with a fierce resolve.

I knew how much she’s hurting and how broken she must be. Because her body was shaking.

“Stella, please, don’t do anything rash…” All I could do was beg Stella not to be there on a whim. She should just forget me and live her life well.

But Stella seemed determined to find me.

“Don’t agree to this, Robin, please don’t!” I cry out, pleading with Robin not to give in.

a long stretch before finally speaking, “I’m sorry, I don’t know you, and I don’t know

Phoebe? They’ve been the ones hurting her all

Robin, crying for him to

Maybe he was just

her. When she frantically pushed Robin, I ached to hold

hold her, and she couldn’t save

the truth is what the

Chapter 24

it to you.” Stella suddenly went quiet. Maybe she had done venting.

planning to

be wearing a red dress and walking past Tangle Lane.

out the madman.

you risk your life?” Robin,

smoking area.

smiled weakly. “You want to know Phoebe? Come with me… I’ll show you who she really

was.”

word, Robin followed Stella.

too, and I was sticking close.

an excellent student and always the top of our class.” Stella drove Rocin to Constantia Estate, where I was born and raised.

key; it was

school belle.” Stella retrieved a key from inside a shoe. unlocked the

at the entrance of the living room of me at a ballet performance. It was

white dance costume, like a swan

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