Chapter 10

“Do you... do you know where Anna went? When did she leave?” Jonathan instinctively licked his dry lips, his voice hoarse. The servants all shook their heads. “Sir, the lady left early this morning with her suitcase. We’re not sure where she went.” Left? Where could she have gone? His mind went blank, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t think of anywhere she might have gone. Her father and mother had long since remarried and started their own families. Anna couldn’t have gone to them. He could only turn to Anna’s friends for help. “Hello? This is Jonathan. Is Anna with you?” “Huh? What are you talking about? How could Anna be with me?” This conversation happened countless times. Even Jonathan’s own friends had been asked, but no one knew where Anna had gone. The overwhelming sense of despair washed over him again and again. It felt as though he was back in the time before Anna was in his life. She was the only person he had ever truly lov