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"What?”

"His parents took him out of town. No one has any idea where they went. They all switched phones.”

"Wow... I..." Evangeline grabs a chair and sits down, trying to process the information she had. "I kept wondering what my problem was, so he’d disappear after our kiss, but...”

"On the bright side... it had nothing to do with you.”

Evangeline nods, feeling sad about Ruby’s departure. Felippa decides to change the subject. She hated to see her friend crying.

"How was yesterday?" question. "I was so tired, I could not stand to wait for you to arrive.”

"Oh... it was nice. Alec is kind.”

"And the opera? Was that all you imagined?”

"And much more." Evie smiles, remembering the only act she watched. "Do you believe that Alec also has problems with his mother? From what I understand, they hadn’t seen each other in years, and she snuck in yesterday.”

"It must have been a climan.”

"It was. I gave up my desire to watch the opera to get Alec away from her. I didn’t thi