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.

their timing was perfect, that they'd arrived just as the rare

there be such

Who exactly had bought the


"Do you know if there are

"They're incredibly rare and only bloom once every 50 years. None of the mountains around here have

words, there

lotus only bloomed once every 50 years. If they missed this

didn't have that kind of

held Hailey's hand. "Why

were just one step too

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belongs to s

around him tightly.

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

Hailey nodded. "Alright."

returned to their room and decided to stay one


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