Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 117 Don't Compare Your Body with Mine

In the early winter dawn, under those dim streetlights, my breath was turning into little puffs of frost.

I hunched my shoulders, keeping an eye on the car creeping up.

Inside, Ethan had a cigarette dangling from his lips, looking beat and seriously stressed out.

Guess he hadn't found Faye either.

The car just slid past me without even slowing down, and I watched it disappear into the distance.

He looked so worried; maybe he didn't even see me.

I could've grabbed a cab, but nah, I hoofed it back. By the time I got to the villa, it was already pretty bright out.

Ethan's car was parked in the yard, and the villa door was wide open.

When I swapped my shoes, I noticed blisters on my feet. The pain hit hard once I stopped walking.

A bunch of car keys were tossed on the coffee table. Ethan was sprawled on the sofa, not moving an inch. Couldn't tell if he was out cold or just lost in thought, but the exhaustion on his face was real. Searching and worrying all night, no wonder he was wiped out.

I tiptoed around, not wanting to wake him, but he still opened his eyes.

His bloodshot eyes locked onto me. "Where'd you go?"

His voice was super raspy.

"I went to look for her," I said.

He didn't say anything else; just closed his eyes and stayed still.

I watched him for a bit, feeling a pang in my chest. I felt bad for his exhaustion and sad that he cared so much about another woman.

I went upstairs and started tidying up the messy room. I cleaned and put back the makeup stuff Faye had trashed, as long as it was still usable.

Maybe Faye could use them when she came back.

Right then, I really hoped we'd find her. Otherwise, Ethan's frown would never go away, and the rift between us would never heal.

After tidying up the room, I went back downstairs. Ethan was still in the same spot, like he hadn't moved at all.

I made breakfast and set it on the dining table, then called out to the sofa that breakfast was ready.

He still didn't move; his hoarse voice came. "You eat by yourself."

Staring at the steaming breakfast on the table, my eyes started to mist up.

He didn't eat, and neither did I.

this weather, it didn't take long for the hot breakfast to go

him. I felt like I had to explain everything; I couldn't

didn't hit her, didn't yell at her, and didn't break anything. Do you believe me?" I tried to keep my

didn't look at me. After a moment of silence, he just said, "Finding her is the most important thing now. Faye's only been to Starlight City twice, and that was when she was a kid. She's not familiar

afford to be jealous. He was right;

with them. Also, we could check with the contestants who rehearsed with her

me. He must've thought I made sense because he

pain in my feet, I quickly changed my shoes and followed him into the

drove, Ethan called Oliver and Jason, but neither had seen Faye.

the door, and a few girls were inside. They all

guilty. I recognized her as the one who had eavesdropped on

the door and

glaring at me. "What are

surprise, then at Ethan standing at the

to keep

good does it do you to

my gaze, twisting her

you talking

If you really heard my conversation with Aurora, you should know what I said to her. How did it

laid it all out, she couldn't pretend not to understand

Aurora. If you had spoken up for Faye, she might have gotten the vote. But Aurora came back from the restroom and voted for Connie without

caught the key point

this is just your guess? You need to be responsible for your words. Have you thought about the consequences of stirring up

looking scared out of her

she hadn't thought things would get this serious when she

Faye wasn't with them, we didn't

rush to drive. He rolled down the

getting more and more

call the cops?"

of smoke drifted in front of Ethan. He said, "The police only file a report if an adult's been missing for

totally lost, with no direction at

the longer we waited, the worse it would get. I believed Ethan knew this

smoked when I looked at the mall building not far ahead

"There's something I think I should tell

his head, staring at me intently with a

day Lacey and I ran into Faye at the mall and saw her spending money

know where her

we put out a missing person notice? If we

accepted my suggestion and quickly posted the notice for missing person on Facebook, Twitter, and other channels. He also printed a bunch of paper copies and got a large group of people to put them up. We went back to the villa to wait for news. Later, Oliver and Jason showed up. They asked what was going on, and I filled

to play it cool and said, "Faye's not a kid anymore. It's not a big

was just trying to comfort us; we all knew

to me, even though it wasn't my fault. If we couldn't find her,

seem optimistic. Ethan sat in the middle of the sofa, with Oliver and Jason on either side, while I

comfort me. I