202-Everybody Moved On

Beatrice's POV:

Zane and Maddox left instead of ordering anything. I wasn't too surprised because I knew Maddox had only come here to vent his feelings to me.

"Where is Maura?" Pamela walked into the kitchen with empty plates in her hands and asked for Maura.

"I don’t know. When I walked out of the restroom, I found her gone,’ I told Pamela, watching her look around for Maura.

"She never leaves like this," Pamela said, concerned, as I shrugged.

"Maybe she went to her house to get something?" I suggested, and Pamela reluctantly nodded. There was not much we could do about it.

"Ah!" Pamela let out a sigh of relief when checking her phone. "She had left me a message," she informed.

"What did she say?" I asked Pamela, who didn't show me the message but looked extremely pleased about something. I knew there were some things they wouldn’t share with me, and since I was too new, I didn’t force them or try to make them uncomfortable by eavesdropping on their conversations.

"She indeed went back to her home to get something.’ Pamela forced a smile on her lips and immediately broke eye contact with him. I knew at that moment that she didn't want to share it with me.

"If you don’t mind, can I also take some time off?" I turned to her and asked her with high hopes. I needed to call Akin and ask him about Helel's body.

wanted to know everything we were doing.

on, but sharing everything with her was

not disclosing anything to her. She stopped kneading and raised her face to stare at the wall ahead as she gave

a few minutes. I cannot take care of everything alone,’ she

I needed to hurry and not waste my time. I haven't even walked away from the

whispered in confusion, "What is he doing out there?" I frowned at the way he was standing there when

to process what he did with me the other day and now this. Instead of ignoring it, I walked briskly into

loud and filled

happened? How did you come back so soon?" She taunted but was obviously

her son's name, her body

couldn't even

outside the café," I confirmed, grabbing her hand to drag her out with me. She has told me he cannot

try to get out of my grasp and followed me like crazy. The moment he was outside the café,

and then at me. She seemed

believing he would stand here and wait for me to call his

her chest and raised her brow, biting the inside of her

you are not thinking that I —’ I sighed when she nodded, making me understand that she was suggesting that

frustrating that she wasn’t even saying anything and was just looking at

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