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 to say

he remembered how he’d treated her at the hospital. How could she have contacted someone that treated her like she didn’t matter and that she was nothing but a nuisance? It

let himself get manipulated and now

his phone again, almost aimlessly scrolling through his contact list, half-hoping for a clue even though

surgery. He’d thought nothing of it at the time—phones

it? And had just lied? What if she just didn’t want him—or anyone—calling it?

number and brought

to reach is not in service." Or maybe

three times but till no one answered and it

slammed against his ribs. It was active. That

muscle in his body tense as his eyes fixed on nothing, ears straining

up? Ivy? Ruby? Or

would finally unravel the lies? He

the door and waited. She glanced at her reflection in the glass next to

know how Eliana would react since she

rather, since Ruby had taken her

Eliana came in view. Eliana stood there, arms crossed, wearing a loose hoodie and

showed up after how

a

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