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Chapter 44

Author: Teddy
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-20 23:32:20

Chapter Forty Four

Sandra’s POV

Two days.

Forty-eight long hours.

And still no sign of Elena.

At first, I tried to tell myself it wasn’t strange. She could’ve gone to the club.

She could’ve stayed at her father’s place. She could’ve been busy, tired, or just needed space.

But by the second night, that excuse stopped working.

My calls went unanswered. Her phone went straight to voicemail. The last message I sent still sat on “delivered,” not “read.” And that alone told me something was very, very wrong.

I sat on my bed, phone in hand, staring at our last chat. The little heart emoji she’d sent me two nights ago. The one that had felt like any other day.

“Elena,” I whispered, scrolling up.

“Where the hell are you?”

Outside, Abuja’s night lights blinked faintly through my curtain.

The street was quiet, too quiet, except for a distant car horn and the whine of the generator from next door. My room was filled with open books and an untouched cup of coffee that had gone cold hours ago.

I
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