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

sped to find Melon, they burst into the

planned to ask the reception staff about a young boy wandering alone. But then a crowd of people around a man caught her eye. The man was

that fleeting moment, as he turned his head, a familiar silhouette seized

jawline, that nose. She would recognize them

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

straining to see as

After a moment to regain her composure, she asked the guards quietly, “Who was that

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

face fraught

taking Ariana’s trembling

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

rationally,” Sonia advised gently, her voice

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

words, Ariana teetered

could she have imagined it? She was certain

etched into

trance, murmuring more to

two people to look so identical, unless they

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