Planted in my mind

Chapter 23

Sparkling's Pov

This can't be happening right now. Why? WHY?! I don't want Herb to walk off a cliff!

"Do you guys have any clue to where he is?" I asked a group of cookies whom shook their head.

"Alright, thank you, bye!" I shouted, running off again, my worry growing.

This keeps on happening to every cookie I meet. There was already only a few cookies walking around this time of the day, and the Vanilla Kingdom was HUGE. How will I find him? It's already been like an hour, he could be anywhere by now! Where could Herb have gone? I should've turned down Latte's request, or kept an eye on Herb's drink. What if he trips and hurts himself? What if he falls off a cliff? Not to mention, his stalker ex.. OH SHI-

"Sparkling! I called off the celebration  and got Madeleine and a few others to help searching after comfirming Herb never arrived home. SeaFairy is definitly fuming, she was so scary in that phone call, but for her to travel back here would take way too long," Latte reported, running up to me, "We also might start printing posters.. Sparking? What's wrong? Well either than Herb being lost, what else?"

"I'm worried, like crazy!" I burst out and my breathing became heavy and fast.

"We made sure he sin't near any cliffs, construction sights, or anywhere dangerous," Latte replied, "You need to calm down. Searching for him like this is not a good idea."

"She's right, I'm super worried too," Clover called out, dashing to us.

"No! I'm worried because he has this stalker ex guy who we bumped into a week ago!" I shouted, panicing harder.

"WHAT!?" Clover shouted, his eyes widening, "Oh no.."

"Wait, wait, wait, hold up, WHAT?" Latte said in confusion at the same time, "Since when? START FROM THE BEGINNING. WHO WHEN WHERE WHY?"

"I-I can't tell you without Herb's Permission," I say in dismay.

"To sum it up, Herb's ex is crazy," Clover added, "I can't say anything either."

"At least tell me his name and what he looks like!" Latte yelled.

"His name is Lemon Drop Wine," Clover replied.

"He has medium length messy blonde hair fading to light color of lemons. He has lime green eyes and is a bit more than a head taller than Herb," I described.

"Do you have any ideas on where he lives or where they could be?" She questioned as she pulled out her phone.

"Obviously not, argh," I cried, running my fingers through my hair, "Oh, but it seems he likes riches."

"He definitly does," Clover agreed, "Addicted to shopping and wasting money like water."

"Tf- Ok wait a second," Latte said, biting her bottom lips, "Hello Almond? Yes, so basically this guy named Lemon Drop Wine may have kidnapped Herb. He has medium length blonde hair fading to the color of lemons, green eyes.. kind of tall."

I waited impatientally and nervously tapped my foot. Besides me, Clover was twiddling his thumbs. God, I wanted to dash off so badly right now to look for him. I knew it. I should have punched his ex when I still had the chance to. 

I looked up and saw Latte's eyes widen and her eyebrows scrunch up in concern in less than a second. My heart leapt and possibly was squeezed. What happened? Why does she look so worried? Well, even more than before.