Chapter 13

"Where is Miranda?" Jerome roared, slamming his hand on the desk. "It's been three days, and you still haven't found a single trace of her!" No one in the office dared to breathe. One man spoke nervously, "Mr. Cooper, we've searched almost all of Ekason, but there's no sign of Mrs. Cooper. None of the transit systems show any ticket purchases under her name, and no surveillance cameras captured her. Ever since she left the hospital that day, it's as if she vanished into thin air…" "That's impossible!" Jerome hurled a cup across the room, sending ceramic shards flying. He tugged at his tie in frustration, trapped in a spiral of anxiety and panic. "How could a perfectly fine person just disappear like that? Check everything again!" His men left immediately, and Jerome slammed his fist onto the desk. "Damn it! Miranda, where are you?" At that moment, someone knocked on the office door again. One of his men reported, "Mr. Cooper, we checked all flights leaving Ekason on the day Mrs