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Noah leaned forward, examining the batter as if it were a scientific experiment. “Mommy, if you stir it for a long time, what does it become?”“It becomes softer,” I answered. “So when it’s cooked later, it tastes good.”“Oh .” He thought for a moment. “That means Daddy will like it.”I froze for a brief second when the name slipped so naturally from his mouth. No hesitation, no pause. Just the innocent certainty of a child who believed his father was part of eveEmily's POVI was thinking about Noah. About what he has been doing. About things I might not know how to talk about.I leaned back a little watching her calmly. "If you do not know just say you do not know.""Is it really that easy?" she asked."Yes." Rachel still looked unsure. "I do not want to seem like I am hiding something."I let out a laugh. "The more you try not to seem suspicious the more suspicious you will seem."She fell silent thinking about what I said."So I should just act like everything is normal?" she asked."Exactly." I replied. "Like meeting anyone for the first time."Rachel nodded slowly though she still did not look fully convinced. She glanced at her phone again. Let out a long breath."Noahs mom really wants to meet today." "Good." I answered briefly.Rachel turned to me imme
Emily's POV That afternoon I felt calm in the yoga room.I took a breath and held my warrior pose steady. The warm wooden floor beneath my feet, instrumental music and lavender essential oil usually relaxed my mind completely.Rachel stood a step in front of me doing the same move.“Inhale, hold and release." I said softly.She followed my instructions. Her movements seemed a bit off today.Then a phone vibrating sound broke the quiet from a table in the room's corner.Rachel frowned.She stepped out of her pose. I walked over to pick it up. I kept my position. My eyes followed her reaction.She looked at the screen. "Number." Without hesitation she silenced it. Put the phone back down.I almost smiled. She never liked answering calls from numbers.We continued the session for a minute.
Sienna's POV "His marks?" I said softly, looking for something to grab onto."He turned in some tasks but after that, there was no action," the staff said.That meant all things had stopped fast like there was a time when Noah chose not to go back.I opened my eyes once more, looking at the tablet screen in front of me; line after line of presence seemed like clear proof."Does he got any pals on campus?" I asked again "Someone who might know anything?"The team paused for a bit before saying "We don’t have info on the students' social ties but you can try to contact his pals right."I shook my head a bit even if I was not clear where to start. Noah didn't say much about his pals these days.All things felt not linked. I got up from my chair and my legs felt a bit weak as they holded my body. I made myself stay standing.As we went out of the room, the campu
Sienna's POV She got up and took us into a tiny room next to the counter. A little while later, another office worker came in, holding a tablet and some papers."Thanks for coming, Mrs Sienna," she said kindly.I sat in a chair near her, while ͏Liam sat next to me.“Could you explain again about Noah?” I asked.She nodded and turned on a tablet screen in front of us.“This be Noah’s attend record for a semester”She rotated the screen toward us.My eyes quickly stuck on the big table showing his classes.Most of the roll call papers were blank. There was no sign in, no notes for absence, nothing. My hands felt chilly all at once."Since when?" I asked, my voice was hardly heard."By our system, Noah was in class five weeks ago." The staff member said.Five weeks is more than a month.I looked at the screen wishing I had re
Sienna's POV The ride to the school seemed a lot longer than normal.I sat in the side seat with my hands pressed down in my lap. My mind kept on racing all the way. Every bad thought came up one after another, making the tight feeling in my chest get even worse.Liam drove easy next to me. He didn’t talk much, maybe knowing that I was trying to calm myself down.But the calm never came.I let out a breath, trying to calm my fast breathing. The street ahead was full of cars going like always but everything seemed too slow for me.I looked at Liam. “Do you not think something has been wrong all this time?” I asked softly.He didn’t reply fast. His eyes stayed on the path, but his jaw got a bit tighter - a sign that he had thought the same thing."I saw he had changed," he said at last. "But I thought it was just the phase."͏“A time doesn’t make a person go away from s
Sienna’s POVI was standing in front of the house before Liam's car even showed up at the end of the street. I had been waiting for what felt like. After I got off the phone I just could not sit still.I walked back and forth in the living room going from one corner to the other. My mind was stuck on the thing. I could not stop thinking about it.Every time I tried to stop walking my thoughts just got louder. I saw things I did not want to see. It made my chest feel tight.So I went outside to the front yard hoping the fresh air would make me feel better. Even outside I still felt uneasy.The house, which usually felt cozy now felt like it was closing in on me. The place that was supposed to be the safest now felt too small.I stood by the gate looking at the road. The wind was blowing. It did not calm me down.Every minute felt like it was taking forever. It was like time was moving sl
Sienna’s POV I thought again of Sarah’s words—that I had to find what I was looking for. At first, I’d laughed at the idea. I didn’t think I was searching for anything. But now I realized—maybe I was searching for a home. Not a building, but a place where I felt enough, where I felt accepted
Liam’s POV Noah’s small body trembled, tears rolling down his cheeks one by one. Suddenly, I felt completely hollow.This pain… it wasn’t just about Sienna. It was about Noah too. About the wounds I had now passed down to our son… because of my own blindness.My mother rushed to Noah, kneeling a
Liam’s POV It’s been a week since Sienna left, but to me, time hasn’t moved. The days feel empty. The house remains the same, yet hollow. Too quiet. Too still. I haven’t touched the coffee sitting on the table since this morning. It’s grown cold. I sit in the living room without turning
Liam’s POV I lifted my head, almost ready to respond, but that sentence hit me harder than any scream ever could—because it was true. Silence hung in the air. Only the sound of Noah happily chewing his chicken filled the space, as if everything was fine. But between me and my mother, the tension







