Chapter 2000

After unsuccessful attempts to reach her daughter, Tessa racked her brain and remembered a classmate Ivy used to mention from time to time.

Ivy was always a bit of a loner, and in all the years Tessa had known her, she couldn’t recall her ever bringing home any friends.

There was, however, this one classmate Ivy had mentioned a few times, someone Tessa suspected might have actually been close to her daughter.

Hurrying to Ivy’s room, which was left in a bit of a mess since Ivy had dashed off in a hurry, Tessa rummaged through her belongings and found an old yearbook hidden beneath a locker.

Ivy had only gotten her first cell phone after college graduation, so Tessa was certain all her old contacts would be scribbled in that yearbook.

It took a while, but Tessa finally found the classmate’s number and dialed, “Hello?”

the other end was a mix

so, can you put her on the

Ivy’s mother treated her, often siding with her half–sister to bully her. The classmate’s tone chilled immediately, “Sorry,

only friend. If she’s not with you,

feeling for Tessa, “You can’t even take care of your own daughter and now you’re asking me? If I were Ivy, I wouldn’t acknowledge

the phone

sent her a quick text: [Your mom

the call from Tessa, Ivy sensed

knew it couldn’t

by the dead end with Ivy’s classmate,

of news she had seen online. She pulled out her smartphone, searching for a photo, but all she could find was a statement from

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