Chapter 54

His desperation grew until he contemplated rallying a search party and employing every means possible to locate June, even resorting to tracking her phone’s location.

He had been trying June’s number and it wasn’t going through.

Just as he was on the brink, the call finally connected. He heaved in relief which was immediately short-lived when an unfamiliar voice pierced into his ear exacerbating the raging inside of him.

“Hello,” the voice intoned.

He clenched his teeth and maintain a tense silence, as though he were stalling to brace himself for the inevitable tragedy that awaited him on the other end of the line.

The unsettling realization settled in that a stranger answering June’s phone could only imply one grim outcome.

After agonizing seconds of silence, the unfamiliar voice resumed speaking, its words searing into his ear with each syllable. Drawing every harsh breath out of him.

“The owner of the phone has been taken to Careggi Hospital. She’s sustained severe…”

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