One day she goes missing and comes back a different person, with a different temperament and value.
What happened when she was away, what did she find out about the people in her life?
Will this affect her relationship with others?
What happened to...
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Frets took Emily's hands and sat beside her bed. Every other person had returned home and as much as he needed to go home and rest for his flight the next day, he wanted to be by her side when she woke up. The doctor wasn't sure when she was going to wake but he hoped she did before it was time for his flight.
As Frets sat, he recalled the events from the time at Emily's parents till present and pondered on seemingly unimportant things. Every other person may see these details as unimportant but for him, answers and facts were often disguised as unimportant details.
Firstly, who was behind the wheels of that cab that kept following them around in New York and why had Mr Clarkson gotten into the cab? It could have been a different cab but he wasn't so sure. Frets found the old man's behaviour strange. He had told everyone he was going to nap but instead ended up in a cab that was probably the cab that had been following them around.
Frets also thought about Sabrina and her constant mood swing between hot and cold. She wasn't all the things Emily had told him she was when she was missing so it was either Emily had described her wrongly or there was something going on with her that she wasn't talking about. Frets suddenly remembered the wound on her arm the day she returned and he tried to grab her arms to prevent her from falling, she might have shrugged it off as nothing but from her expression, it didn't seem like nothing. What was she hiding? Did she get involved in something she wasn't supposed to that had landed her in possible danger?
Also, her expression when she saw him earlier wasn't what he expected, she had looked really surprised and Frets also thought he saw someone in the ward with her but maybe he was hallucinating because he didn't see the person leave and she didn't mention the person throughout her stay in the ward.
This wasn't what he was hoping for, he was hoping to get answers but now he only found more questions. Who was going to answer these questions for him? Emily wasn't awake yet and he needed to return to the base in Alaska. He didn't have time on his side and as much as he was determined to find answers, he couldn't abandon his duty.
An idea struck him and he reached for his phone and texted Elaine.
Where are you?
After a while, Elaine responded to his text.
On my way to Sabrina's but I could use an excuse. I can't stand her and her mysterious boyfriend any more. I'm not sure I'll survive the night.
Frets rolled his eyes at the new information. So she had a boyfriend and was hitting on him all those times in New York. The information also confirmed something; there had been someone in the ward with her but what bothered him right now was how the person slipped out quietly without being noticed.
He glanced at his phone to see a bunch of question marks from Elaine and realised he hadn't responded to her.
Meet me at Chicken, Fries n' More just across the hospital. Text me when you get there.
