Side Story

Noel’s POV

Elena has been gone for five years, and during this time, there has been no news about her.

I visited Salt Lake City several times but never encountered her.

Eventually, I couldn’t resist calling her, using an unfamiliar number so she wouldn’t know it was me searching for her.

But her phone was unreachable.

Then Lydia and her stepfather left. He suddenly chose to divorce my mother.

The house felt emptier.

My mother aged significantly.

At this point, she suddenly asked me to find Elena.

She didn’t know that I had been searching for her for quite some time.

I used to worry about Elena leaving,...