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.

the dough and asked me with a bit of an attitude. I realized she wanted to know everything we were doing. It was as if she wanted us

to me and wanting to be a shoulder for me to cry on, but sharing everything with her was something only Maura could do.

She stopped kneading and raised her face to stare at the wall ahead as she gave it a

minutes. I cannot take care of everything alone,’ she warned me

not waste my time. I haven't even walked

he doing out there?" I frowned at the way he was standing there when his mother

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

My voice was loud

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

is here.” The moment she heard me say her son's name, her body shuddered, and the

She couldn't

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

my grasp and followed me like crazy. The moment he was outside the café, I realized I

he?’ she asked, looking around and then at me. She

believing he would stand here and wait for me to

brow, biting the inside of her cheek

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

of it?" It was frustrating that she wasn’t even saying anything and was just looking at my face with

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