Chapter 24

"Is Prof Gideon still not here, Prof Elise?" Jewel asked the woman whom she met one stormy night.

Elise shook her head softly. "Uh, yes. He texted me yesterday that he was still stranded in Mandaue. I heard on the radio this morning that the underground canal in a part of Consolacion gave up. It flooded. The authorities are still repairing it." The woman sighed. "Don't worry. Maybe later or tomorrow, Gideon will be back, little girl."

"Little girl?"

Elise laughed and shook her head. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. All right, lunch break is coming to an end."

She nodded and immediately left the faculty, went down the stairs, and took big steps out of the Administrative building.

Last week Gideon was gone to the city. It's a week and a day now that he's missing. She was hoping for Gideon to appear in the campus because she's been dealing with anxiety attacks whenever she meet Simoen or Sheena in the hallway.

She's just thankful and the news that she's married has not spread yet. Jewel was not s