#Chapter 146: Hunt for the Truth

Nathan Olivia’s car was gone, but I still had hope. There was only a shred of it, but it was there. “Olivia?!” I called out, bursting out of my room as I looked wildly up and down the hallway. “Olivia, are you here?!” I jogged down the hallway to her room, but my question was already answered before I even reached it. Her door was wide open, and she wasn’t in there. Cursing under my breath, I ran down the steps; I scoured that little villa as though she was in some sort of hiding place, covering her mouth and giggling like we were kids playing hide and seek again. I searched everywhere, racking my brain for every place where she used to hide during our childhood games, but she was gone. I guess I already knew that, though. The weight of the silence in the empty villa was nearly unbearable, pressing down on my chest with an intensity that left me gasping for breath. The realization that she was gone, combined with the gut-wrenching sensation of fear as I realiz