059 The Missing Case

Sebastian’s POV

“What do you mean she didn’t make it home?”

I barely made it to my office when I got a call from Jack, asking if Ava spent the night with me. Like, why would she? She has never spent the night at any place besides home, including mine. She was that fragile a doll.

“You picked her up, so why didn’t you take her back home?!” Jack instantly explodes, shouting at the top of his lungs, “How could you be so irresponsible?! Don’t you know how dangerous it is for her out there?!”

I want to tell him that Ava is her own person and a grown–up now, but this is not the right time.

on this,” I tell him instead, “I’ll get back

and he literally watched Ava go in. So either Jack Fuller lied about her returning home,

Fuller would never joke about

I tried Gabriel, but he was as stunned as I was. Apparently

suits back on, “call Jeremy Rogers and tell him that Ava Fuller is missing, and I

hits on his tablet, asking with an uncertain tone, “…the chief of

call the police. They won’t register it as a missing person’s case until 48 hours, but Ava can’t wait!” I instruct, can’t help but have my voice faster and louder as I go, “Then call Alfred and let him describe the whole process of driving Ava home last night in detail! Send me a copy when you

worked for me for years, and he knows me as much as

just those two,

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say, ignoring my hesitance like a good secretary should. I

person to call –

because there is o

sure of that. Everything was too dangerous for her, so her childhood was at home, at school, and at school. Anywhere she goes, she’s accompanied by either Jack, Anna, or both. That means Ava’s life is revolving around

her

seem like she does, but she wouldn’t be so cold–blooded when it comes to Ava’s life,

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