Rebirth of the Wife in Despair

Chapter 17 Her Going Missing Might Be A Good Thing

Sharon said, “Yes. The driver went to pick her up after school, but she never came out. I called all the classes she was supposed to go to as well, and they all said she never showed up. I’ve just made a police. report. Do you think anything could’ve happened to her?”

Eric

spun the steering wheel with his other hand. “Probably not. She called me just now, but I didn’t pick up. How about… I’ll go looking around the places she usually goes to, and call you back if I find

her.

“Yes, of course!”

Sharon hung up the phone. Vera had heard the call, and knew what happened. “Why would Eileen go missing all of a sudden? Did something happen to her?”

“She’s probably just hiding somewhere. Don’t worry, she’ll be fine.”

“I can go looking for her with you, Eric!”

Eric shook his head, turning Vera down at once. “That’s alright. I might just know where she is.”

Eileen was stuck-up and stubborn, and had always been a selfish person. She might just be throwing a

tantrum.

go looking for her still. Eric was not too worried about this. He even felt

under the streetlights in her blue floral dress, her long hair falling over her shoulders. “You should get going, and find Eileen!

just now. They weren’t very heavy, all of them containing the year’s newest branded

some rest, don’t wait up

I

on, then. I’ll watch

you leave.”

Her heart was racing, and the wind did little to cool down her burning

abroad she had been

to each other before they went to bed. Eric

Her and Eric…

think about it too much. Eileen was still very much present in her

for Eric, or was

always been the only family Vera had known.

toughest of times together, from begging on the streets to getting into. fights with other beggars and more.

she did have

Eric

like her back, too?