Davin was not expecting that remark from Sheila, he was expecting some form of praise instead. He looked at her with a wounded expression.
“Stop right there, Sheep! Stop, I say! I really want to discuss who’s more thick-skinned here!”
Sheila merely ignored him and drove away in a flash.
At night, Evan stood in front of the window, looking thoughtfully at the night sky. There were plenty of stars that reminded him of Nicole’s clear and sparkling eyes.
His lips curved into the ghost of a smile, thinking that Nicole winked at him.
Memories engulfed him like the ocean’s waves as he recalled every bit of the time he spent with Nicole.
For him, this was the happiest time of the day. It was during nightfall that he was able to bask in his happiest memories with her.
He wondered if Nicole was looking back at the memories they shared somewhere out there in the distance.
In the past two years, he recounted the memories they had made. Over and over again, he came to the conclusion that their happiness was far and few between.
Nicole, what do you think?
What are you doing right now?
The stars twinkled again, but he could not hear a response from her.
Just then, the low buzz of his cell phone snapped him out of his reverie. He took a deep breath, walked to the desk, and answered it.
“What is it?”
“Evan! I have some good news, I think you’ll thank me for this!” came Davin’s excited voice from the other end of the receiver.
“Speak!”
“Nicole is still alive. Six months ago, she made an appearance with someone in K Nation, and there is no mistaking her for anyone else. So are you excited yet?! How are you going to thank me for this?”
“Anything else?” asked Evan.
Davin said, “Unfortunately not. I only found out that much for the time being, but I think this is excellent news! Now how are you going to express your gratitude?”
Evan was silent for a while. “I already know about this. Nicole was with Wesley. They showed up in K Nation six months ago and surfaced in S Nation two months ago. The Hidden Masters are looking into it now, so I think we’ll find her soon enough.”
Damn, he already knows this much?
Davin had not anticipated that Nicole would be traveling with her mentor.
Avril’s investigative skills went at a snail’s pace compared to that of the private investigators Evan hired.
Davin was planning on making Evan happy with this piece of information and to be rewarded for his ‘efforts’. The possibility seemed highly unlikely now.
“Well, Evan, at least you know that Nicole is alive. You should be happy! I know you’ll both meet soon!”
With nothing further to say, Evan hung up.
Hearing that Nicole was alive did make him happy, but there were still things that bothered him after all this while. When she raised the three children abroad alone, he wasn’t by her side; He couldn’t be with her when she lost her memory at the estate either. And now? Nicole had been suffering from hallucinations for the past two years, and still, he was not there with her.
She had to go through her hardest moments in life alone—that was by far his biggest regret. Evan would never be able to forgive himself for leaving her alone that way.
He vowed that when Nicole was found, he would do his best to love her and remain with her. He would do anything to make up for the lost time.
The next day, Evan received an anonymous email asking him to meet.
I wonder who that is?
He carefully looked through the email, but found only a single sentence: See you at The Passion at 8 o’clock in the evening!
The Passion was where he first met Nicole. Evan wondered who this mysterious person could be.
Surely it couldn’t be Nicole?
He suddenly felt invigorated, his eyes shining with excitement. Evan truly hoped that it was Nicole and could not wait for the evening to arrive.
