Chapter 23 : Ellie’s in Trouble

Gael’s POV

Charlie called me, worried. That wasn’t how I wanted to be woken up, but I suppose that was my fault for sleeping in. The topic had me up faster than any alarm ever could though.

Eleonore hadn’t met up with her for lunch and wasn’t answering her phone. Normal people wouldn’t have to worry about something like that. It could easily be written off as someone sleeping in or misplacing their phone, but not Ellie.

She didn’t forget things like that, she was always early when she was meeting up with someone, and she didn’t blow people off without an explanation.

Her phone was attached to her hip too, if only out of habit in case her brother called. She told me once, rather embarrassed, that she had barely any numbers in it but that her brother was always so busy that he had a special ringtone and everything, so she never missed a text or call. Same for all her friends.