I rushed out of the room to meet a sobbing Amelia rubbing her body all over the ground as if her life depended on it.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you crying yourself into a stupor?" I asked, my hands already patting her shoulders.

She looked up at my face and even continued sobbing uncontrollably. If there was a way she could chop off her eyeballs, she would do it without hesitating; her expression said it all, and her eyes were growing weak.

"Talk to me sweetheart, what's going on?" I asked again, this time around, squatting close to her.

"I just got the news of Valeria's disappearance...