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,

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

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

She would recognize

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

straining to see as

fixed on the departing car. After a moment to regain her composure, she asked the guards

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

her face fraught with

asked, taking Ariana’s

that bordered on painful, Ariana whispered, her voice

and think rationally,” Sonia advised gently, her voice

that your mind might

Ariana teetered on the brink

could she have imagined it? She

etched into her memory. She couldn’t

more to herself

“It’s unthinkable for two people to look so identical, unless they were twins. But

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