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"What if something happened to the two of you?" Marcia could not believe that her child would be dumb enough to risk her life for her friend.

She would not have found out about it if Aurora did not admit that her daughter had not come home for several days. She informed the staff that she would be staying with her friend Ivrea.

But she also learned from Diana that Ivrea had been gone too. She also thought that she was with Elisia at her home. Now, she discovered that the two had gone searching for Avana.

"But Mom, we only did it for Avana. She needed our help." Elisia and Ivrea had decided to return home earlier than Avana,

They hoped their parents would not notice their absence. However, her mother, with Ivrea's Mom, was already waiting for them in the living room. They had no escape but to partially tell them the truth.