Chapter 23

"No one can be good for long if goodness is not in demand."

-Bertolt Brecht-

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It was evening and the sky had turned into the twilight shade, Anton had just returned back from his business deal when he walked into an empty room with anxiety running through his skin. He had had a feeling that something was terribly wrong, when working he had this gut feeling which told him he needed to go back as soon as possible, which he followed. He ended the meeting much earlier than scheduled that day and immediately drove his car back to the hotel. Turned out his instinct was right.

Anastasia was no longer there, she disappeared and he knew she was not just talking some walk to get fresh air or something because all of her belongings were gone. She had left the clothes he had provided and only brought the items she initially had in her bag. He could have sworn he nearly gone mad, but he was not the kind of man who would throw things whenev