Ariana felt her mind go numb. Her usually obedient Melon! How could he have just wandered off?

She glanced at Sonia, hoping this was some kind of prank.

“You’re joking, right? This isn’t something to joke about,” she stammered.

“I wish I were,” Sonia replied, her face a portrait of genuine anxiety.

A wave of dread washed over Ariana, seeing Sonia’s obvious distress.

Quick to act, Sarah said, “We need to check the security footage right away. Melon can’t be far.”

“You’re absolutely right,” Betsy chimed in.

“The front desk should be able to access all the building’s cameras. We’ll find him.”

“Then let’s move,” urged Sonia, grabbing Ariana’s arm to lead her toward the lobby. Sarah and Betsy followed, their strides filled with purpose.

Angela’s Library

find Melon,

to ask the reception staff about a young boy wandering alone. But then a crowd of people around a

a familiar silhouette

She would recognize

Ariana lunged after the crowd, but security

against their hold, straining to see as the man disappeared into

her energy spent, she stood still, her gaze fixed on the departing car. After a moment to regain her composure, she asked the

another woman captivated by Holden’s allure, the guards offered nothing more than a curt “no comment”

arrived, her face fraught

taking Ariana’s trembling

a grip that bordered on painful, Ariana whispered, her voice shaky, “I

rationally,”

missed him so much, it’s understandable that your mind might

Ariana teetered on the brink of

she have imagined it? She

was etched into

a trance, murmuring more

to look so identical, unless they

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