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 responded. “I got stuck in traffic when I was coming back to pick Ella up, and…

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

form in my

said, her voice quivering with anger.

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

long eno– Are you alright? Where’s

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

in the Waterside District,” I said to the driver. “I have a feeling she went there

the door handle for dear life as he sped down the road, passing other

we were speeding through the city streets, I saw a familiar little head of 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 barreling down the road at breakneck speeds, swerving this

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

arms outstretched for Ella as she

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

looked down at Ella in my

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?”

to answer, and she

“That was… incredible.”

as passersby stood murmuring to each other on the sidewalk, pulling out their phones to snap

my arms. Without a word as I was too stunned and relieved to speak, I nodded and followed him back to

to the penthouse. He came running into the lobby as we arrived and ripped Ella out of my arms,

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

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