Chapter 42
Lost
(Andy’s POV)
Panic gripped me as I stood in the campus courtyard, my phone still buzzing unanswered in my hand. Esha wasn’t answering, and each second felt like an eternity. The sense of dread that had been growing all day was now screaming at me. I needed to find her, needed to know she was safe.
Just then, Cassandra came running toward me, her face pale and eyes wide with worry. The sight of her only made my fear worse—she looked just as panicked as I felt.
“Cassandra!” I shouted, hurrying toward her. “Where is Esha? Do you know what happened to her?”
She shook her head, swallowing hard. “Andy… I don’t know. I left her a while ago. She mentioned Victor, but she wasn’t sure she’d really seen him. She told me not to worry, that maybe she’d just been overthinking.”
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