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.

in traffic when I was coming back to pick

hear Selina gasp audibly on the other end of the line. “You weren’t there for

in my stomach.

excuses,” Selina said, her voice quivering

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 and sprinted up

you alright? Where’s Ella?” he

hastily as tears streamed down my cheeks, trying to rack my brain as to where Ella might have run off to. Before I had

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

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 down the city streets,

a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports

to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of the car

I lunged into the street, my arms outstretched for Ella as she stood frozen in the middle of

impact. I shut my eyes as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we

and looked

car, which continued to careen down the city street as though they hadn’t just been about to hit

“Mina, was it YOU?”

tried…” It took Mina a while to

“That was… incredible.”

driver came running as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their

my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and

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

there for the duration of her training!” he shouted in front of the lobby staff. “I

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