"I did! I said you are worried sick," Mike huffed. "Even if he doesn't go to you tonight, he will probably see you within the next couple of days. Don't be too worried. At the very least, he is safe for now."
Mike's answer had eased Avery's mind slightly, but she still had to head out since she had promised Elliot that she would look for Hayden with him.
"I am going to De Ligt Hotel right now. I am driving there, so wait right here," she said to the bodyguard. "Mike said he told Hayden where we are staying. If Hayden comes to look for me, call me right away."
"Alright. Meeting with Elliot should be safe, I'm just worried that you two would get caught by Gary Gould."
"If that's possible, Elliot wouldn't have called me to begin with."
She started driving towards De Ligt Hotel.
About twenty minutes after she left, Hayden appeared before the bodyguard.
Hayden was not wearing his signature baseball hat or black backpack. He just stepped into the hotel Avery was staying in. He was alone.
He was slim and exceptionally tall, so the bodyguard recognized him right away.
The bodyguard strode toward him and grabbed Hayden by the arm.
"Hayden! Your mom has been looking for you the entire day. She is worried sick!" The bodyguard studied the face that resembled Elliot's and sighed a breath of relief. "It’s a good thing that you are okay." "Where is my mom?" Hayden came after receiving the encrypted message Mike sent him.
"Your mom went to find Elliot because he is looking for you as well." The bodyguard dragged him over to the lobby couch to sit down. "Sit here and wait while I call your mom. By the way, why did you come here all alone, anyway? It’s dangerous here, so your mom is probably going to ask you to go home tonight. You don't know this, but she was kidnapped a few days back and almost got killed..."
Hayden immediately grabbed onto the bodyguard's arm when he heard the word ' kidnapped'.
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