Chapter 544
| practically sprinted to the front of the line, with Hannah hot on my heels.
The building was an old walk-up, and ording to the faded numbers on the door, we were looking for Apartment 302 in Block
B.
We found the door and | knocked impatiently. But after several knocks, there was no response, and | could feel my heart sinking.
Maybe they''re heavy sleepers and didn''t hear? | knocked harder, but still, nothing.
Just then, the door across the hall clicked and creaked open a fraction. We all turned to look.
Ahead poked out, nced at the few of us in the hallway, and then quickly retreated, about to shut the door.
Ronan was quick on his feet, "Excuse me, madam," he called out, his voice smooth and polite.
Perhaps it was his courteous tone that made the woman hesitate. She opened the door a bit wider, revealing half her cautious
figure.
| totally got it. After all, it was well past midnight, and knocking on doors at this hour was rude.
Plus, a group of people at your door could put anyone on edge.
That was when | got a good look at her; a woman in her forties, d infy pajamas.
She was eyeing us warily, asking, "Who are you looking for? No one''s lived across the way for a while."
My heart just about broke. Stepping forward, | stood in her doorway as she tried to close it, and | quickly stuck my hand in the
gap.
"Please, just a moment,” | pleaded, "I just wanted to ask about the people who lived across. Do you know where they might have
gone? Did they have a child, a beautiful child?"
| was talking a mile a minute, barely coherent.
The woman shook her head and said, "! don''t really know them. They were gone by the time | moved in."
“How can you not know them? Aren''t you neighbors?" | persisted, gripping her doorframe tightly, not willing to let her close the
door.
“And when did you move in?" | pressed.
Ronan, seeing my state, stepped up behind me and gently asked, "Madam, do you rent or own your ce?"
"I''m renting. Moved in about six months ago and I''ve never seen anyone living across from me," she said, her tone t, probably
annoyed by my interrogation.
My heart kept plummeting. Six months?
| was still in aa back then, and Hazel was still with us. How could they just disappear?
What was going on?
Six months had gone by, and where had they gone? Where was my child?
| finally found a clue, but | didn''t expect them to leave.
Just as | was grappling with the dead end of our lead, the woman tentatively added, "You might try asking Ad in 202
downstairs. She''s been here forever, might know them."
At that, | was re-energized, ready to bolt downstairs, but Ronan caught me by the arm.
| looked at him, confused. He nced at his watch and said, "Allie, let''s wait till tomorrow. It''s toote now."
| bit my lip, wanting to argue, but reason won out, and | just looked at him with eyes full of defeat.
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I slumped against the wall, my gaze fixed on the firmly shut door, crying silently inside.
The woman quietly stepped back and softly closed her door.
| gave the door onest hopeless nce, then turned and took a step down the stairs.
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Ronan quickly asked, "What kind of people?"
Seeming a bit frightened, the woman''s door gap narrowed.
Hannah quickly shed her badge and assured, "Don''t worry, we''re police officers.
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| whipped my head to Ronan, my whole being on edge.