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,

ask the reception staff about a young boy wandering alone. But then a crowd

his head, a familiar silhouette seized Ariana’s attention, pinning her to the

jawline, that nose. She

after the crowd, but security

eyes reddening, Ariana struggled against their hold, straining to see

still, her gaze fixed on the departing car. After a moment to regain her composure,

more than a curt “no comment” before walking away. Many were

arrived, her face fraught

she asked, taking Ariana’s trembling hands into

Ariana whispered, her voice shaky, “I saw him.

and think rationally,” Sonia advised gently, her voice a calming

it’s understandable that your mind might play tricks on you, making you

teetered on

it? She

etched into her memory. She couldn’t

murmuring more to herself than

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

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