Mandy’s eyes welled up as she looked at Eloise, her voice filled with emotion. “Miss Anthony, we’ve all been waiting for you to come back. We always believed that you would return to Moonlight Group.”
Eloise’s heart clenched at Mandy’s words, a strange warmth creeping into her frozen chest.
Mandy wiped the corner of her eyes and continued, her voice shaking. “Miss Anthony, three years ago, we tried our best to see you, but we were always blocked from accessing you. Later, we lost track of you completely. No one could tell us where you were.”
Eloise’s fingers tightened slightly at her sides. “You tried to see me?” she asked, her voice barely above a whisper.
Mandy nodded fervently. “Yes! Many of us did. But… it was impossible. It was as if you had vanished.”
Although they had heard rum
