Chapter 33

The car sped down the road for quite a while before McNeil finally realized

something was wrong.

"Wait-where's Gwyn?" he blurted out.

Violet had noticed Gwyneth's absence much earlier, but she hadn't said a word to McNeil.

His face fell. The chaos back there had thrown him off; all he'd cared about was getting Violet out safely. He hadn't even thought about Gwyneth.

"What if she's still at the restaurant? Oh God, this is all my fault. If it weren't for me, Gwyneth wouldn't be missing," Violet sobbed, her hands trembling as tears streamed down her face.

McNeil frowned, worry etched between his brows. "Have the driver take you home. I'll go look for Gwyn."

"I should come too. She got lost because of me..." Violet's voice broke, guilt twisting her words.

"This isn't your fault," McNeil said quietly, his tone flat but not unkind.

the restaurant. By then, the place was deserted. There was no

until Victoria

for the security footage. On the screen, he watched in horror as Gwyneth was nearly caught in a stampede appeared just in time

froze: it was Victoria who had taken Gwyneth. Without hesitation, McNeil pulled

estate. She'd considered taking Gwyneth back to her own father's

daughter acted, Victoria could tell Gwyneth preferred being around Violet. If she forced Gwyneth to

understood her

her, and once she realized

with her mom-she wanted to see

saw his name flash on the

the phone to her

anything before taking Gwyn?" McNeil's voice was tight with worry. "Do you have any idea

called him, sent messages-he hadn't

been there tonight, who knows what

with him. But ever since she'd seen Violet's messages on his phone, she'd lost the will. No matter how

dad," Victoria said, handing the phone to her

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