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.

her when I

“Where could she be? Did she not come home the entire night? Mr.

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

Rosario went to tidy up

stays up late reading and makes a mess on her desk.’

for Rosario to clean up Madelyn’s

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

Madelyn’s things

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

frowned; his facial expression hardened. He turned to

anything. I did hear

pay much attention to

been able to pack her things in the room and get out so

her things are gone except for the bear plushy!”

did Madelyn

back?”

stood up, dragging the wooden chair to the balcony. A deafening screeching sound echoed around the room. He stopped at the balcony, whipping out

familiar set of numbers. It was then he saw

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