Chapter 57: The Second Plan

Max's Point of View

I woke up the next day a little later than normal because I had some interrupted sleep the night before. As I looked around, I couldn't find Scarlet anywhere.

"Scarlet?" I said as I walked around the room. Andrew was still asleep soundly in his bed but Scarlet was nowhere to be found.

I scoffed as I took out my phone and called her. She snuck out last night too—if she really didn't go out anywhere else, where was she now?

I was going too easy on her. I thought she got nothing figured out, but I was wrong. She's got something going on.

The phone went unpicked again. I scoffed again as I ended the call, made another missed call—and finally called Joseph.

"Yes, boss," He said as he picked up the call.

"I need you to track Scarlet right now," I said as I exhaled. "Use the emergency feature."

"Are you sure, boss? Please rethink before—"