Chapter 335

The line was open, but no one was picking up.

Tried calling a few times, same thing.

Don was glued to Brandon's side, even tried dialing with his own cell.

Same deal - call goes through, but no one's on the line.

"Maybe she's tied up with something and missed her phone," Don couldn't help but make an excuse for Sophia. "She's usually swamped with meetings at work, phone's on silent most of the time. Missing a call or two's nothing weird."

"Smart cookie, that one," Brandon said as he turned and headed for the underground garage.

Don was a bit slow on the uptake. "What do you mean?"

"It's no rocket science. If it happens all the time, you don't start thinking it's out of the ordinary."

Brandon's voice was faint, his stride unbroken.

It was all in Don's head - she'd already flown the coop.

Don's brows knitted slightly, but he caught on quick.

What Brandon meant was that Sophia was intentionally throwing them off the scent.

Turning off her phone or canceling her number would've been a dead giveaway that something was up.

But getting through and not being able to reach her? Happens to everyone. It's a dime a dozen. At most, you'd think the other person's just tied up, not convenient to talk, didn't notice their phone, or maybe doesn't want to chat and so on. Loads of possibilities, but you wouldn't jump to the conclusion they've gone AWOL.

but his forehead was still

down between you and Sophia these past

if she planned to leave, she'd surely get all her ducks in a row and

she could've foreseen Cindy spilling the beans, especially since Cindy hadn't let it slip when Sophia was heading

just curled his lips into a cool, detached

'cause you never really got the measure

to

peep until the dust settled and then - bam - hitting you with a bolt from

abroad too, and even having a kid -

was like

Don fell silent.

reached his car, pressed his key fob twice, and the doors

a buzz if there's any word

hopped into his car, the door slamming shut with a 'thud' that halted Don in his

face was set,

Don didn't dare to probe further but

in a word of caution. "Talk

rolled up the window and the

car had been taken to the shop for maintenance, it hadn't been driven

"What about other places?"

Brandon asked, eerily calm.

"With a kid,

word, Kent immediately reached out to contacts around airports, high-speed rail, train stations,

on TV at noon, a living, breathing person, easily recognizable

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