FINDING ARIANA

CHAPTER 22

SARAH'S POV

My heart beat thumped in my chest and I've had to take multiple deep breaths to calm my raging nerves in the last ten minutes. I was sitting in the visitor's area at JK Conglommerates, my hands clutching tight to my bag, waiting for Laura to finish her investigations. Since I didn't work there, I couldn't go in to ask about a former staff so Laura did it for me. She was in a better position to get all the information she needed.

I stood up immediately I spotted Laura coming out of the office and met her halfway, my desperation going through the roof.

"What happened? What did he say? Does he remember her?" I asked all at once.

"Relax Sarah. I understand that this is very important but you need to calm down so we'd make rational decisions and you won't end up with a heart attack." Laura chided me.

"Fine, I'm calm. Now tell me what he said."

"There's no official record of Ariana Shepherd in the employees database anymore. It's been so long and it seems all traces o