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.

take long for the hot

sat down beside him. I felt like I had to explain everything; I couldn't let him keep misunderstanding me in

But I didn't. Now she's pissed at me. I didn't hit her, didn't yell at her, and didn't break anything. Do you believe

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

be jealous. He was right;

and said, "Why not ask Oliver and Jason? She's pretty close with them. Also, we could check with

must've thought I made sense because he

I quickly changed my shoes and followed him into the

Oliver and Jason, but neither had seen Faye. Finally, we went

and a few girls were inside. They all said they hadn't

super guilty. I recognized her as the one who

squeezed through the door and grabbed

glaring

at me in surprise, then at

grip, trying to keep my anger in

what good does it do

my gaze, twisting

are you talking

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

she couldn't pretend not to understand anymore,

you had spoken up for Faye, she might have gotten the vote. But Aurora

key point in

about the consequences of stirring up trouble? Now Faye is missing. Can you handle it if something happens to

froze, looking scared out of her

hadn't thought things would get this serious when

wasn't with them,

rush to drive. He rolled down the window, lit

was getting more and more

don't we call the cops?" I

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

felt totally lost, with no direction

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

how many cigarettes Ethan had smoked when I looked

said, "There's something I think I should tell you. It might

intently with a hint

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

where her money came from and

said, "How about we put out a missing person notice? If we don't get any news

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 them

"Faye's not a kid anymore. It's not a big deal; she should be

trying to comfort us; we all

was somehow linked to me, even though it wasn't my fault. If

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

feet to comfort me. I stood still,