Lyle made his way to the wharf with his phone against his ear while he finished business with the person upon the other end. As he made his way to Alberto and Mariano, he saw how they had been looking around for Selene.
“Did you two stooges lose something?” he teased as they looked nervously at each other before meeting his gaze.
“What is it?” Alberto moved his gaze to the ground. “Selene came here looking for you.”
“Is she in the office?” He asked, expecting a s****l encounter to be awaiting him, but looked past Alberto and saw how the office is empty. “Did she want me to meet her somewhere?”
“She was looking for you and I went to call you here and came back and she was gone.” As Alberto informed Lyle of this, he came into sight of her purse that she had mindlessly left. He looked t
