Novel & Cerita But Nobody Came

Since I first heard that song, my soul screamed to dance it with the one person who made me feel like this. —When you're so in love (oh, when you're so in love) And your souls touch (oh!) But it's still not enough Where does it go? (Whoa, hey) Where does it go? Nobody knows (hey, nobody) Where the love goes —And that was Nobody Knows. So why not end with a kiss? After all, not everything can be perfect, not everything can have a happy ending. And that's exactly what the damn, stupid phone wanted to interrupt, making us pull apart.

Surely, that had to be the reason behind all of this. Of course, nothing happened upon verbalising my plea. No magical sign given, nor ethereal appearance from an otherworldly being. Just the eery silence of the street and the occasional strong gust of wind, pushing around whatever got in its way. It was clear that everyone had well and truly gone home for the night, there not being another living soul to be found at this hour. Well... except for the attractive man who was still waiting for me inside. Why couldn’t things ever be easy?

Please don’t come looking for me. Nathan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he blurted out in shock, "What...?" He looked up, the room empty and silent. Claire was gone...?!

The crowd quickly chimed in. "We don't mind waiting. Mr. Lowe must just be tied up with work." "Getting to see Mr. Lowe at all would be an honor." Tabitha leaned closer to Ivy and lowered her voice. "Is he here yet?" Ivy looked at Roger. "Grandpa, Nathan isn't coming today." What? Roger stiffened. "What did you just say? Nathan isn't coming?" Tabitha frowned. "Why isn't he here? It's your grandfather's birthday. Didn't you say he'd come with you?"

It was empty, no players, nocoaches, no laughter, no sound except the steady hum of the cooling system beneath the ice. Confusion settled over me. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone before checking the team group chat once more. There was no new message, no announcement explaining why no one was here, I looked at the time again, wasn’t early. I was right on time. A quiet sigh escaped my lips. “I came all this way for nothing.” For a moment, I considered going back to the mansion. Then I shook my head. No. I hadn’t come here to waste the morning.

No one was coming to get me. *****

“I confess, I did not expect you to find this address quite so quickly. Marianne’s tracks were meant to lead you somewhere else entirely.” “Where is she,” Whitfield demanded. “Gone,” Cassius said simply. “Her usefulness ended once your team started reviewing her files. I imagine she is somewhere far from here by now, considerably wealthier and considerably less inclined to answer any of your questions.” Ethan stepped forward. “We heard you. The board vote. Six hours.”

Definitely not a gasp. “What was your fear?” Xiao Wéi inquired. Verona scoffed. “Fear? I don't know what that is,” she answered. “There goes our luckiest person alive,” Chidi whispered. They all waited for the next person to arrive but no one did. Neither Nana or Avril had shown up. This created panic, especially for Prince Dakar who was already getting red in the face. “Why isn't anyone out yet? It doesn't take more than a minute to come out the archway,” he stated.

Because this This didn’t feel like winning. Another message came in before he could think. This one Different. Short. Sharp. And it hit harder than anything else that day. He’s gone. Adrian froze. “What?” He read it again. And again. Still the same. Gone. Not unreachable. Not unavailable. Gone. Adrian’s heart kicked hard against his chest. “Where?” he typed back. No reply. He called the number. No answer. Again. Nothing. Adrian stood there, the silence pressing in around him.

Only one thing was missing: their arrival. And they would come. Because the Morettis always come. Always.