She answered the call but did not manage to compose herself in time. "Elliot, I can't find Hayden. I asked the hotel and the receptionist said that he is not checked into this hotel."
She felt a lump in her throat as tears threatened to fall. She would not have been this worried if Hayden was alone in a different country.
"Are you sure you saw him here?" she asked in a muffled voice.
"Yes," he said with certainty.
"You’ve never forgotten about Hayden, have you?" she asked, "Neither have you forgotten about Layla or Robert..."
Elliot's breath grew heavier. "I am certain that he is in Ylore. You should be looking for him, instead of asking me meaningless questions like this."
"I can't find him!" Tears rolled down her face. "I don't even know where to start looking for him. He won't answer his phone! So unless he contacts me, there's no way I'm going to be able to find him."
Hayden was not a three-year-old toddler any longer. Ever since he had spent half a year studying overseas, he had grown in every possible aspect, and he was no longer the Hayden that she was familiar with.
Elliot scowled at the sound of her sobbing." I'll go find him!"
He was out having lunch with Gary at that moment, and he had entered the bathroom to make his phone call. If Gary realized that Hayden was here, there was no guarantee if Gary would capture Hayden in order to hold him against Elliot.
Avery wiped away her tears and called Mike.
Mike answered the call right away and chuckled to conceal how exhausted he sounded. "I didn't call you the past couple of days on purpose. I wanted to see if you would call me."
"Hayden is in Ylore. I can't get in touch with him right now. Do you have any way of contacting him?!" Avery held onto her phone and gazed at the entrance of the hotel under the blazing sun.
"Pft! He went to Ylore?! That brat! How dare he?" Mike jumped out of his chair. "I will find a way to contact him right away! I’ll call you as soon as I find something!"
The bodyguard noticed that she was drenched in sweat =f"
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