Chapter 75: That Wasn’t Me

Without wasting a second, Stefan reached for his phone and dialed Ethan.

The line barely rang twice before Ethan picked up. "Sup bro?"

"Have you found anything on Ruby?" Stefan asked, getting straight to the point.

There was a pause on the other end. "No. Not yet but I think it’s going to be a little difficult finding her," Ethan said and Stefan frowned.

"How so?" he asked impatiently.

"There’s no trace of her, bro. It’s like she’s vanished. I’ve checked every known address her mom had visited but there’s nothing. I’ll try and see if I can tapped into travel records to see if she left Zeden," he said and Stefan’s jaw tightened.

He nodded, knowing there was nothing he could actually do other than leave it all on Ethan. "Alright. Let me know the second you find anything, please. I really need to see her."

"Did anything happen?" Ethan asked in concern.

"No, man. Just want to know what’s going on. I hate being kept in the dark," he said, and Ethan nodded. f .r e\ewebnov(e)(l).c om

"I understand. I’ll see what I can do," he said before hanging up.

Stefan ended the call, leaning back in his chair as frustration wrapped around his chest. He tapped the phone against his thigh, mind racing through the possibilities. Where could Ruby have gone? And more importantly, why hadn’t she contacted him? Unless... she couldn’t.

way to contact him right? If what she wanted

treated her like she didn’t matter and that she was nothing

should’ve treated her better. He had let himself get manipulated and now he just wished he hadn’t been so

contact list, half-hoping for a clue even though he didn’t exactly know how scrolling

she lost. The one she’d said was gone the day after his surgery. He’d thought nothing of it at the time—phones get misplaced, after all—but now, with everything Ivy had been doing, with her vague answers and sudden changes, he couldn’t help but

What if she just

Stefan tapped the number and brought the phone to his

automated voice: "The number you are trying to reach is not in service." Or maybe

it rang. Not just once or twice or three times but till no one answered and it

ribs. It was active. That

body tense as his eyes fixed on nothing, ears straining as if that would make the

Ivy?

lies? He thought we he dialed the line for the

waited. She glanced at her reflection in the glass next to Eliana’s porch, brushing a few

would react since she

Ruby had taken her

Eliana came in view. Eliana stood there, arms crossed, wearing a loose hoodie and jeans. Her face was blank at first, then slowly

how long,"

forced a smile. "Eliana...

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