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68. Arduous Search
“Siena Chan…!”
Siena lifted her gaze. Imelda ran toward her with her face shining cheerfully. They had made an appointment to meet in a café this Sunday morning, and it was definitely not Cheers Café. Siena had something important in her mind to talk with Imelda, her best friend.
“I couldn’t reach Brian for these past two days. He didn’t go to work. His manager in Cheers Café said he was sick. But strangely, he is not in his apartment either,” Imelda chattered as soon as she took a seat next to Siena. That was exactly the one thing troubling Siena all this time.
“Really?” Siena’s expression turned gloomy.
“What is it actually? When you called me, you said you wanted to talk about Brian.”
Inhaling deeply, finally Siena decided to tell Imelda everything happened that day, the
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