Avery was on her way to the airport, and her heart sank when she received the call from Emma.


    She put the call on speakerphone so that Elliot could hear it as well. Unable to contain herself, she shrieked as soon as Emma answered the call. "Emma!"


    "Ms. Tate, I can''t reach La at all! She won''t answer her phone! I just escaped the mountain, and I don''t even know where I am right now... I''ve traveled so far to get a signal. There has been a horrible avnche! I''m so scared!" Emma cried. "I don''t know if La is still on that mountain... It''s hell on earth over there!"


    When the avnche took ce, Emma was at the bottom of the mountain where there was a lot of space leading to different roads.


    The people around her instantly started running when they saw the avnche, and since it was Emma''s first time seeing such a disaster, she did not know the severity of the situation and stood still for a while. She did not start running until she saw waves of snow bearing down on her, and she could not begin to imagine how people on the mountain could escape the avnche.


    "Has the rescue team arrived?" Avery panted.


    "I don''t know... When I left, I only saw civilians gathering... I didn''t see a rescue team at all... Ms. Tate, please help La!"


    "We will be there soon! Emma, you need to call the police right now!" Avery said hastily.


    "Okay! I will do it now!" she said before ending the call.


    Two minutester, Emma called again. "Ms. Tate, the police said that they are aware of the situation and have sent their entire force over to help." Tears welled in her eyes. "There''s no signal or electricity there If they don''t restore power by tonight, there''s no way they can proceed with the rescue! I''m going to cry myself to death if that happens, but there''s nothing I can do!"


    "Don''t cry, Emma. Just try and get back to the hotel!" Avery forced herself to remain calm. "No one can predict a natural disaster like this one. I don''t me you."


    "Ms. Tate, I was supposed to follow La, but I didn''t want to intrude upon her conversation with Eric, sol told her wouldn''t. There''s really nothing much to see on that mountain. There was an observation point on the mountain where people take photos. I took a few photos and got down right away." Material ? N?velDrama.Org.


    "How did you get up?"


    "With the cable car." Seemingly reminded of something else, Emma burst into tears once again. "A lot of people tried to cram themselves into the cable car when the avnche came and many ended up falling from the mountain... It was horrible. I''ve never seen something like that before..."


    Tears rolled down Avery''s cheek as she listened, and Elliot snatched the phone from her hand before ending the call.


    "Don''t think about it." Elliot pressed her head against his chest. "La wouldn''t try to get into the cable car like the others. Maybe she wasn''t on the mountain at all when it happened. We just can''t reach her right now because there''s no signal..."


    "Elliot, if only we had agreed to her dating Eric, they would never have ended up on that mountain in Cambrode... It''s so cold and far from home. La would never have gone there if she wasn''t upset." Elliot did not know what to say. Even if he was to admit that he was wrong, it would not help La in any way.


    After a while, Avery grabbed onto his shirt and said, "Elliot, I''m not ming you. I just regret not letting La have what she wants... As long as she''s not doing something wrong, there is no reason for us to stop her!"


    "Avery, there''s no point in regretting


    it or feeling quilty about it. Right now, we need to find La and Eric, and we will handle everything else after that." His expression darkened. "Despite all the obstacles we encountered in our search for Ivy, we weren''t disappointed in the end, were we? Don''t give up hope until thest moment."


    Avery''s spirit was uplifted by his words.