Third-Person POVCedric's heart sank.Thea had never disappeared like this before. Even when they argued, she'd never given him the silent treatment.Thea once said, "If I stopped answering you, you'd worry yourself sick looking everywhere for me. The mountains are so vast. If you got lost, where would I even look for you?"Upon remembering her words, Cedric's vision blurred. He wiped his eyes, and his fingers came away wet with tears.He hesitated before dialing Portia's number.Soon, an irritated female voice answered. "What do you want?"Cedric clung to the call desperately like his life depended on it. In a trembling voice, he said, "Mrs. Redding, where's Thea? Please, let me talk to her.""Cedric, Thea is gone."There was a brief silence on the other end.Portia added, "She left. Her flight was today."Cedric felt as though he'd been hit by a bolt of lightning. So Thea hadn't been at the airport to see him off.She'd been leaving him behind and parting ways with him.
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