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

to find Melon, they burst into the

wandering alone. But then a crowd of people around a man caught her eye. The man was making

as he turned his head, a familiar silhouette seized Ariana’s attention, pinning

nose. She

involuntarily shouted his name. Ariana lunged after the crowd, but security guards

to see as the

car. After a moment to regain

captivated by Holden’s allure, the guards offered nothing more than a curt “no comment” before walking away. Many were captivated by

face fraught with

asked, taking Ariana’s

hands with a grip that bordered on painful, Ariana whispered, her voice shaky, “I saw him. I saw Theodore.

down and think rationally,” Sonia

missed him so much, it’s understandable that your mind might play tricks on you, making you see

words, Ariana teetered on the brink

she have imagined it? She was certain

etched into

more to herself than anyone

unthinkable for two people to look so identical, unless they were twins. But Theodore never had a twin

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