LOGINSienna's POV
Footsteps approaching made me flinch. I instinctively turned off my phone screen and gripped it tightly.Liam had just stepped into the living room, his face tired but wearing a warm smile. “Sienna? What’s wrong? You look pale.”I opened my mouth to ask, to cry, to spill all the questions whipping my soul. But just as I was about to speak.I stood frozen, my lips parted but not a single word came out. All the questions that had been screaming in my heaSienna'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“Okay” I said at last trying to calm my shaking voice “I will go to the campus today and talk about this in person.”“Sure, ma'am. Please go to the campus office.”The phone call stopped. For a bit, I stayed in the same place, looking forward without truly seeing nothing.The low sound still rang softly in my ears, like it did not want to go away. The home felt super silent.My hand placed the phone back where it goes. The simple move felt hard, like my body needed more work just to do things.Then my legs got weak. I almost fell to the ground, if I didn’t catch the side of the table next to me in time.My hands gripped it, like it was the only thing holding me up. “That’s not possible,” I said softly, moving my head side to side.How can it be? Noah went from the house each day. I seen him with my own eyes!I heard his steps each morning. I saw the door o
Sienna’s POVThat afternoon the house was really quiet. I was sitting in the living room with a cup of tea in my hand.The tea had been sitting there for a while. The steam was gone. The surface of the tea was still which made the room feel quieter. Sunlight was coming through the windows shining on the marble floor and the garden outside.It looked like a day.. It felt too quiet.The quiet was nice. It was also a little scary. There were no footsteps, no doors opening or closing, just the sound of the clock ticking on the wall. It was a reminder that time was still moving.Liam was at his office like he always is at this time. He is always busy, always working.Noah should be at school. At least that is what I thought.I took a breath trying to enjoy the quiet. I had a weird feeling that I had been having for days.Then the phone rang. The sound was loud. It made me jump a little.
Liam's POV There was another long silence. I never attempted to fill it. I desired to provide her with the opportunity to unwind and gather herself.She finally gave a soft, “thank you, Liam. For taking care of him. For making him laugh today." Closing my eyes I cracked a smile, “th
Sienna's POV From time to time, I heard birdsong drifting in from outside the window, blending with the steady ticking of the wall clock. Amidst it all, I realized just how easily I could grow used to moments like this. How easy it was to want to believe that all the old wounds could heal si
Liam's POV The dial tone rang. Once. Twice. I was close to losing my mind, as long as she didn't reply.The voice that I was familiar with suddenly became evident.“Hello?" I couldn't believe it. "Sienna?" I blurted out too quickly.She acknowledged, with a tired tone but st
Sienna's POV The entire room was in my peripheral vision as I looked around. When I thought about it, it was either the nights when I cried in the corner of the bed, trying to keep my pain at bay or the long hours spent writing. It was a very distant but close experience.I locked my sui







