He could hardly hold onto the phone as he typed a reply with trembling fingers.

“I’m back, Maia.”

However, she would never return home now because of him.

Due to the strong wind, the fire raged until dawn.

“Have they found her?” Cedric asked Baz calmly, despite his agony.

With his head hung low, Baz replied, “They’re still trying to find where the fire started. They think it should be the kitchen…”

“I’m asking if they have found her!”

Baz took a deep breath. “The fire burned for almost three hours, and the whole building has turned into ruins. It would take time to find her remains if we ever do…”

“I don’t fucking care! Just find her.”

“Yes, sir.”

as he stared at the ruins. He wished it was

“Cedric, the police said they’ve

“Okay.”

“Where are you, Cedric?”

person he

attention of the public, but Cedric suppressed the news about Maia’s death for the sake of the Larkin and Burgess families. Those who

about it.

be found, her memory could only be honored by

have expected that she would die the day after

Nigel asked angrily, “Why, Errol? Why’d you let him build her memorial

and typed, “This is what she

do you mean?” Nigel was both

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she belonged to

sadly,

not

Nigel. Maia had always been grateful to

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