"Lulu, it's time for dinner. Lulu..."

Cillian knocked on the door, but there was no response. His heart skipped a beat. Without any hesitation, he reached for the doorknob and pushed the door open.

Inside, he found a cluttered table with scattered draft papers and a lonely laptop sitting on top. Lucy was nowhere to be seen.

Cillian felt a pang of anxiety, but before he went into full panic mode, someone tugged at the hem of his clothes. He turned around and saw that it was a little girl with short hair.

He recognized her. It was the landlady's child who often stuck around Lucy. Britney stared at him with her large eyes as she said, "Sir, I forgot to tell you that Ms. Lucy went out to the garden.

"She saw that you were busy with work, so she didn't want to disturb you. She asked me to wait until you were finished with work to let you know so that you wouldn't worry too much."

Cillian did not bother addressing the fact that the kid called Lucy 'Ms. Lucy' but him 'sir.'

Hearing that Lucy went out for a walk eased his worries a bit, but after a while, he felt that something was not right.

asked, "When

probably around noon. Maybe at one

tilting her head as she tried to recall what time Lucy left. Hearing this, Cillian's

today. Britney said that Lucy left around early afternoon, which

five or six hours had passed since then. Lucy

do. He had to go find her. Cillian stood up shakily, but he suppressed his worries and asked Britney, "Do you know which

her head and added, "We only have one garden. Just go out the door and keep

thanked Britney, the obedient child. He grabbed his phone before informing Maggie and dashing out of the house, following the directions

in Charleston. Nobody here knew Lucy either,

the outside world. Who

walk in

some beautiful scenery and lost track of time. Yes, that had to be the

he called Lucy's new number

dialed is currently unavailable. Please try again later..." Unfortunately, Lucy had forgotten to charge her phone before leaving, so it was switched off. Despite Cillian's persistent

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