Edeclined the offer.


    While I was happy to see Grandinia''s good filend and eager to hear more about her, I still had so much to do. I politely turned down Grandma Natalie''s kindness, closed the door behind me, and loolust back at the house. 1 had tidied it up just enough to make it somewhat Hvable, but there was still no running; water or electricity.


    I checked my phone for the time; it was still early. If I walked, It would take about an hour to reach town. I grabbed some cash and decided to head there.


    After finally arriving, I tookout my ne to look up the address of the service center, but I couldn''t find it online.


    With no other choice, I stopped someone walking past who looked kind and asked for directions. Just as I was about to head over after getting the address, I thought Theard L calling my name.


    I instinctively stopped and looked around. All around me were unfamiliar faces, frowned, amused at my own foolishness.


    When I lett, I hadn''t told anyone, and Irately mentioned anything about Grandma, so they wouldn''t know I was here. I turned back and continued toward my


    destination


    Whit


    I didn''t know was that across the street, L had seen my figure and identally bumped The prople in Sunnyvale were quitend. After L helped the man up, he smiled and assured her he was fine, into an elderly man selling vegetables,


    ty guilty. She insisted on taking him to the hospital as she was worried about him. A crowd gathered around L and the old man because of the small


    L telt very ident


    Antoine returned to se happened?"


    see L surrounded by people. He panicked, dropping the brealdast he had just bought. He rushed into the crowd, asking, "Babe, what


    This man."This belongs to N?velDrama.Org - ?.


    "Antoine,e quick!" L waved her hand. "I think I saw Eve Just now! When I rushed over to catch up, I identally knocked over "It''s okay," Antoane quickly reassured L, who looked extremely guilty. "Let''s take him to the hospital first. I''ve got this. After saying that, Antoine went to help the old man


    As they walked a bit, he nced back at the bustling market "Babe, are you sure you saw Eve?"


    L nodded eamestly. "I''m sure! That figure looked just like her, but I didn''t see her face."


    Antoine smiled, his eyes softening "Alright, I''ll see if I can find someone to look into it."


    Alterthey got the old man to the hospital, Antoine took out his phone to make a call. They weren''t the only ones who hade to Sunnyvale. Liam was supposed to


    It was all thanks to Liam that they were able to find some clues in Sunnyvale. He had someone he knew from the city council who checked the surveince footage and confirmed that t hade here, but they didn''t understand why I was here. However, now that I was here, they had to be here too.


    Right before they left, Liam suddenly had somethinge up and couldn''t make it. They weren''t familiar with this area and the mountainous terrain, so he amanged for two bodyguards to apany them.


    Alter Antoine instructed the bodyguards to search the market, he joined L to wait outside the hospital for the old man.


    The journey home was long. After topping up my ount and paying the


    the bills, i halled a cab back to Riverview,


    Once home, I plugged in the power card, cooked a te of noodles, and started cleating the weeds and tidying up the junk in the yard. Thad no time to dwell on my thoughts. By the time I finished, the night had fallen deep.