Chapter 21

Mike and the private detective he hired paid Gloria a visit on the detective's request.

“So my client here Mike tells me you are best friends with his missing fiancee, right?" the detective asked where he sat on the couch beside Mike.

“Yes, Ella and I are best friends," Gloria replied, approaching him with a glass of water.

“Thank you," the detective said as he took the cup from her hands.

Placing it on the small table in front of the couch he continued speaking. “Sorry but would you mind if I ask you a few questions concerning her? Not like an interrogation or anything.."

“Of course I don't mind and you don't have to explain. I fully understand and I am willing to cooperate and help in any way to make sure my best friend Ella is found. You have no idea how horrible it has been for me these past days she has been missing…" Gloria said, pretending perfectly to be hurt and depressed at Ella's being missing.

Truly she had both the detective and Mike fooled.

“I am sorry," the detective s