Chapter 230

Forrest silently sat beside Madelyn as he puffed away on his cigarettes. It was not long before Madelyn could not stand the smell, so she got up and left.

By the time she reached home, it was almost one in the morning. The living room was dark.

As soon as she walked into their room, Jadie tossed and turned. Madelyn wondered whether she was still awake, or whether she had woken Jadie up.

Madelyn quickly climbed on to her bed and switched off her bedside lamp. She closed her eyes and pondered, ‘Perhaps what Zach said was right…’

Madelyn tossed and turned the entire night, kept awake by her thoughts.

At half past six the next morning, Jadie was already awake. She walked into the living room and stared at the person sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper. She stood dumbstruck for a moment before making a beeline to the dining table.

As a habit, Jadie would always greet everyone with a “good morning”. However, today felt a bit different.

At this time, Rosario came out of the kitchen with a pot of carrot ginger soup.

“Jadie, where’s Madelyn? Is she still getting ready?” Rosario asked.

see her when I woke up.” Jadie

she be? Did she not come home the entire

from the newspaper even though he did not understand a word of what

to tidy up

kid always stays up late reading and makes a mess

Rosario

saw that her desk was empty. She quickly rushed and checked the closet;

all of Madelyn’s things were gone.

room in a hurry, her face filled with worry, “Mr. Jardin, Madelyn’s things are all gone! She hasn’t…left us

He

slept soundly last night and didn’t hear anything. I did hear her walding up

pay much attention

pack her things in the room and get out so

her things are gone except

Madelyn go

back?”

chair to the balcony. A deafening screeching sound echoed around the

familiar set of numbers. It was then he saw he had an unread message and

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