Chapter 12: Missing
Moana

I felt my heart sink into the pit of my stomach at the attendant’s words.

“She left quite a while ago. Did you not pick her up?”

“Hold on,” I replied, walking away briskly and trying to stay calm as I dialed the penthouse phone number into my cell phone and asked the concierge to direct me to Edrick’s suite. This had to be some misunderstanding. Surely Ella was safely home. Maybe Amy or Lily got confused with the schedule and picked her up without letting me know.

“Hello?” Selina’s voice said on the other line after a few rings.

“Selina,” I said, trying to sound as calm and collected as possible, “did Amy or Lily pick up Ella from her training?”

Selina was silent for a few moments before responding. “No. That’s your job.” Her voice sounded stern and cold, but I could sense a hint of fear behind it as she seemed to put two and two together. I knew that Selina cared for Ella just as much as I did, and the last thing she would ever want would be for something bad to happen to Ella.

“f**k,” I whispered.

“Excuse me?” Selina growled, irritated by my choice of language.

I was coming back to pick

audibly on the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for her when she was finished

a knot form in my stomach.

said, her voice quivering with anger.

could say anything else, Selina abruptly hung up the phone. The room spun around me as I stared down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as best I could, I ran out of the training facility

Where’s Ella?” he asked, looking at

to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had

to the driver. “I have a feeling she went there to look for

from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other vehicles at dangerous speeds. As we flew

blonde hair walking at an intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows

slammed on the brakes and came to a screeching halt. Without

running faster than I ever had before. I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of the crosswalk

body slammed into Ella’s, and

and looked down

had managed to get both of us out of the way of the speeding sports car, which continued to careen down the city street as though they hadn’t just been about to hit a little

“Mina, was it YOU?”

took Mina a while to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling

the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved to speak, I nodded and

the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms,

of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff. “I should fire you on the

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