Chapter 9

"This can't be… This can't be happening! Elodie is afraid of heights. She would never fall from a mountaintop. She'd be extra careful. "You're lying to me. You must be! She must be hiding from me! She's just upset. "She's mad at me for not spending enough time with her lately. That's all. She must be hiding somewhere, waiting for me to find her. "Elodie, where are you? I'm coming to find you…" The world spun around him, as if everything was crumbling with her disappearance. He rushed out of the bedroom and opened all the room doors to check before dashing downstairs like a madman to search every corner. However, there was no sign of her. Besides that, her clothes, shoes, handbags, water bottle, towel, and toothbrush were all gone. It was as if she had never lived here at all. He suddenly felt a wave of panic. An unprecedented fear crashed down on him like a tidal wave. She had mentioned in her letter that she would disappear forever if he betrayed their relationship. Did she