Jonah nodded. "Alright."

He took Hailey to Arlo's residence, but the front door was locked. There was no one home.

Hailey knocked on the gate. "Hello? Is anyone home?"

A neighbor stepped out from next door. "Are you two looking for Arlo?"

Hailey nodded. "Yes, we are. Do you know where he went?"

The neighbor replied, "He's already moved. He left Barombya."

"What?" Hailey panicked and asked, "Do you know where he moved to?"

"I heard he made a lot of money and said he's not coming back."

Made a lot of money?

"You're here to buy the snow lotus, right? It's already been sold. Someone offered a huge sum to buy it, and Arlo took the windfall and moved away."

Hailey felt her heart sink. The snow lotus had already been sold-they were too late.

They had thought their timing was perfect, that they'd arrived just as the rare flower bloomed. However, someone else beat them to it.

be such

exactly had bought


neighbor, "Do you know if there are any other snow

incredibly rare and only bloom once every 50 years. None of the mountains around here have them. Arlo was just lucky to

other words, there

only bloomed once every 50 years. If they missed this one,

that

Hailey's hand. "Why is your hand

"Jonah, we were just one step too

I'm just not destined to get my face hea don't mind it.

belongs to s

arms around him tightly. "Of course

her hair. "Then let's forget it. Let's go

Hailey nodded. "Alright."

their room and decided to stay one


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morning Content belonet

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went to shower

feeling her heart sink. She really wanted Jonah to be able to heal his

he had to wear a mask for the

aloud, Hailey knew he minded—he just didn't show

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