Theodore stood frozen for a moment before his eyes bulged in disbelief. There were only two reasons for a dead line-either she had ditched the number, leaving it unassigned, or worse, she had blocked him.

Theodore was leaning toward the second explanation. Changing her phone number just because of one call from a stranger? That was overkill unless she was on the run from the mob or something. No way someone would freak out like that for no good reason.

He thought he had cracked the case, so he ended the call on Augustus' phone.

Augustus was giving him the stink eye. "Theodore, are you done with your call? Can I get my phone back now? It's been three days since I've even touched it."

Without a word, Theodore rolled his eyes and chucked the phone back to Augustus.

He pulled out his own phone. He would not have hogged Augustus' phone if he was not worried about the lady ignoring calls from an unknown number!

He punched in the number he knew by heart and waited for the woman to pick up.

Bingo, the call went through!

word out, that

smile on Theodore's face turned to

changed her number because

phone into his pocket and buried

guy who never missed a beat, had just face-planted big time, thanks to his own

Now what?

was the picture of defeat. He had probably scared the poor woman half

had hit a dead end trying to reach out, and Theodore was freaking out, imagining the worst. Perhaps the woman Theodore was after was as skittish as a spooked bird. She might have just

despair, but Augustus could not stand to see his buddy like that. He gave Theodore a gentle shove. "Hey, don't lose hope, man. I bumped into her twice, didn't I? I'll run into

walking her cat, of all things. She's gotta be close by. Let's just

gone. Augustus was spot on. As a prince, he could not just throw

dad, the king, would never trust

when he saw Theodore perk up, but then a twinge of guilt hit him. Sure, he had given a pep talk, but finding the

of himself as a lucky guy, with not

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