Alexander was confused to see Danny walking out alone. He asked, “Where’s Elise?”
“She already went home,” Danny replied with a smile.
Alexander already knew all about Danny’s mischievous little tricks. “Tell the truth!”
Danny had no choice but to speak honestly after failing to trick Alexander. “She went to the washroom.”
“Let’s wait for her.”
Danny got into the car grumpily. However, there was still no sign of Elise even after he played a few rounds of mobile games. He instinctively grumbled under his breath, “What’s taking her so long?”
In the meantime, Alexander noticed the darkening sky and started to worry. “Do you have her phone number?”
“I assumed a country bumpkin like her to be too poor to afford a phone. Why don’t you ask someone else?”
And so, Alexander called every one of his brothers, but no one had any idea how to contact her.
Thus, he pulled some strings and did all he could to search for Elise. Usually, someone who’d just arrived from the countryside would never run around recklessly in the city. She can’t be in danger, can she?
An uneasy feeling rose up his chest, and he started to worry about this wild young woman from the countryside.
If something really happened to her…
“Didn’t I tell you to look after her in school?”
Danny was shocked by his brother’s sudden scolding. Alexander usually had a steady temperament, but it seemed like he was quite upset today.
Danny felt wronged when he saw Alexander reacting that way. “I couldn’t have followed her into the women’s washroom, right…”
Just then, Alexander realized that he had spoken a little too rashly. He said calmly, “I’ve already put people on a search for her. Let’s hope she’d simply lost her way.”
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