“Joel?”
Irene’s voice rose suddenly. She was curious when she saw anger emanating from Joel, and hence she asked in nervousness.
Putting his phone away, Joel put on his hat and suddenly walked toward Irene. Solemnly, he called out, “Irene Weber.”
“Yes?” Irene looked up and met his eyes.
Irene was shocked.
A breakup…
When she had finally returned to her senses, Joel had already gone far.
Staring at his disappearing figure in a daze, Irene was not as disappointed as she had imagined she would be. On the contrary, she felt that the enormous rock in her heart had finally fallen.
Breaking up—isn’t this what I’ve been looking forward to?
She knew there was no hope for marriage, but Joel’s ruthlessness had gone beyond her imagination…
Because Linus had only arrived in Bayside City not too long ago, he didn’t have a strong foundation. However, he still sent out everyone he had to join the search. At the same time, since Linus was an expert in electronics and the internet, with the cooperation of Sean, they had taken down all the photos on the internet and reduced the impact to its lowest. He didn’t know why he was so attached to someone whom he had only known for a few months.
After arranging and dispatching some of his manpower, Linus rushed out the door in a hurry. When he went out, he saw snow falling from the sky.
It’s getting late. Where are you? Are you cold?
Wrapping himself in the down jacket tightly, Linus still felt cold. However, that was someone else’s cold that he was feeling…
He called Stanley. “Stan, has Sophia ever run out like this before? Where would she go if she ran out?”
Stanley was still looking for Sophia along with Michael. They had been to every place she would usually go, but they found nothing.
Wiping his tears away, Stanley said, “We’ve searched those places all over; she wasn’t there. She didn’t bring her wallet and her phone, there’s no way she would go far.”
Hanging up the phone, Stanley looked toward Michael and said, “Linus and Sean have removed all the posts. Sean has also found the person who posted it.”
Michael said nothing. His face was full of gloom, and a thin layer of snow accumulated on the crown of his head. He said, “Stay in touch with Linus. He might know where Sophia is.”
Twins shared a special connection and they were telepathic; Linus might know where Sophia had gone.
On the other side, Linus had been driving around Bayside University after ending the call.
Where would you have gone?
All of a sudden, an image appeared in his mind. An old bench was sitting alone below a decaying willow tree, and there was a river flowing quietly by the side.
A month ago, Sophia had posted a photo like that on her IG Stories. She said that was a place her parents had been to in the past.
Bayside Park!
Immediately, Linus drove to the park. The sky was getting dark and the park was closed. Linus wandered around the park’s fences for a while and found footprints on one of the lower fences. Climbing over it, he went into the park. Following the picture she posted, he found the river in an instant.
His steps were quiet. On a snowy night, the world was silent. Occasionally, the crisp sound of branches breaking from the weight of accumulated snow could be heard.
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