Who's Crying Now, Ex-Husband? novel Chapter 351

"No way!"

"Something must have happened to her!"

Solaris City.

Dawn had barely broken, but the local police station was already buzzing with activity. At the center of the commotion, a teenage boy faced off angrily against a group of adults.

Archie Fontaine was on the verge of losing it.

Mila had only been on night watch for a short while before she vanished. Judging by the footprints, she’d headed toward the forest. The two young men who’d joined their camp late that night had also disappeared.

Archie wanted to go after them, but the others held him back.

They insisted it was too dangerous to search the forest at night.

Soon, a rescue team arrived, but instead of listening to Archie, they herded everyone to the Solaris City police station for round after round of questioning. Archie demanded help, but the officers only told him those two men were suspected smugglers and the investigation was ongoing. When he pressed about Mila, all they could offer was, "We're looking, we're looking. Please be patient."

How could he possibly be patient?

If something happened to Mila—never mind what his family would do to him—he’d never forgive himself.

He’d finally found someone who understood him.

A friend who’d stood by his side through life and death.

And now she’d disappeared right under his nose? The guilt gnawed at him, pushing him to the brink of panic.

“How much longer do you expect us to wait? You’re busy interrogating us instead of finding her or catching those men—do you think we’re criminals?” Archie snapped, his frustration boiling over. “If you won’t do anything, I’ll go search for her myself. And if something happens, it’s on me, not you!”

With that, he turned on his heel and headed for the door.

"That's enough!"

A group of officers scrambled to stop him, voices rising in protest. As they moved to restrain him—just as things seemed about to escalate—a gentle female voice cut through the chaos.

"Archie?"

The struggling boy froze at the sound. The people holding him couldn’t stop in time and accidentally pinned him to the ground.

But Archie didn’t care.