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Disappeared

Author: LizzyJ
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-04-30 21:10:48

Chapter 98

Jake's pov

It had been 24 hours since we had heard nothing from Andrea. No calls, no texts, nothing—no sign. The silence was deafening. Everyone in the house was in a panic.

Andrea’s mother had been restless. She sat scrunched on the edge of the couch, her eyes swollen from crying, hands wringing a tissue that had long since given up holding anything back.

Her father paced by the window, arms folded tightly, a muscle ticking in his jaw every time his phone lit up with nothing.

“Where could she be?” her mother whispered, barely audible over the ticking clock. “What if… something had happened to—” She burst out crying, unable to finish the sentence.

Andrea’s father walked to her, holding her hands, trying to console her. “She’s fine, darling. Andrea is a strong girl. Nothing has happened to her. Maybe she needed space. Maybe she’s trying to clear her head.”

But even he didn’t believe it. None of us did.

I sat there, my leg bouncing uncontrollably, trying to calm the
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