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

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

my stomach. “I’m sorry,

her voice quivering

down at my phone screen, but I knew I had to act quickly for Ella’s sake. Collecting myself as

Are you alright? Where’s Ella?”

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

me to the orphanage in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver.

stepped on the gas and peeled away from the curb. I quickly buckled my seatbelt and held onto the door handle for dear life

at an intersection a little ways away, all by herself… And at the same time, I saw a black sports car with tinted windows barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this way

came to a screeching halt. Without thinking, I leaped out of the car and started running

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

as my body slammed into Ella’s, and together we tumbled to

and looked down at Ella in

car, which continued to careen down the city street as

“Mina, was it YOU?”

while to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

as passersby stood murmuring to each other

held the crying Ella in my arms. Without a word as I was

He came running into the lobby as we arrived

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

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