The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 542

Two peeps agreed to meet up in the underground parking lot; then they both hit up Brandon's phone, but got ghosted with zero pick-ups.

Kent and Don were worried sick. They had no choice but to comb through Brandon's Facebook, ringing up everyone to see if there was any way to get a hold of him; they even buzzed Martin.

Martin was slammed with work at home, just chilling on the living room couch with his laptop perched on his thigh, fingers flying over the keyboard. But he couldn't help pausing and then to glance at the TV that was on.

The tube was still spinning the news about the cash reward for tips on Sophia, plus all the pundits weighing in on where Sophia's body might have been swept off to by the ocean.

Martin couldn't focus on his work; he was feeling heavy-hearted, like something was weighing on him, and it was kinda sickening.

He wasn't tight with Sophia, but it was tough to picture that quiet, gentle, and talented girl leaving the world so suddenly. She was just fine a few days ago.

Louis was tuned in too; he was the one who turned on the set. Ever since the day Sophia's incident hit the news, he'd been glued to the coverage, heaving sighs all day long.

He was just like Martin, didn't know Sophia that well, but thought the world of her. Her sudden exit from this world hit him hard.

The snuffing out of such a young life so abruptly, he just couldn't wrap his head around it emotionally.

He was also fretting over how Renata would take it, hadn't had the guts to let her in on it, nor let her watch the news.

He'd coax her off to bed before daring to flick on the tube to sneak a peek at the latest search and rescue. But each time he did, it left him with a heavy heart.

off by the currents, pondering the odds of retrieval, Martin's mom, Rachel, let out a sigh, "You never know what'll hit you first, tomorrow or an accident. I mean, such a young, kind-hearted pretty girl, how

unable

"There's this fortune-telling thing. Some folks got a light fate; can't handle too much good luck

folks' objections ain't

looked at both of them, not

in the living room, couldn't help but ask, "What's up?

since the last plagiarism fiasco, he

were a bit better. Rachel nodded her chin towards the TV, "We're watching the news about Sophia, such a young loss. Heard she left

there still the

thinking, and after realizing it sounded too flippant, everyone turned to look

smile, "The guy can't dwell in sorrow forever,

Speaking of which, haven't seen Brandon in a while, no clue how he's

in, "Probably can't come to terms

leaned in to glance at the TV, seeing the experts pointing at the map discussing the possible location of Sophia's body, and she couldn't help but

you hunching over the TV like that?

down." Marian muttered,

buzzing. Seeing it was a call from Don, Martin hit

swing by your place?" Don's anxious voice came through the phone, with the sound

to a halt; she instinctively turned to look