Ran Away Pregnant Came Back Alpha Heiress Novel

Chapter 435 Chapter 435 +25 Bonus His face scrunched like he tasted something sour, but he didn't talk back this time. Either he got wiser in the past thirty seconds, or he knew not to mess with me like he could Sienna. I wouldn't put up with him as much as Sienna would. If he didn't have any actual suggestions, this was just how things were going to be. "I have contacts still in Damien's pack," I said. "High ranking members. They can help us across the border." Finally, everyone seemed to be in agreement. It was finally time for action.

Jake's POV I haven't slept in a full week when I finally arrived home again to rest. Because my exhaustion had seeped down into my very bones, making them ache, I likely wasn't the most patient person in the world at the moment. So when Mom stopped me in the hallway on the way to my bedroom, I was feeling grumpy at best, annoyed and short at worst. "Jake, I've been searching everywhere," Mom said. "But I can't find any trace of our servant Ruth." "Did you try the hospitals?" I asked.

While I was sympathetic to the potential health crisis of one of our family's oldest servants, I didn't really have the time or energy to dedicate to this right now. Claire and Sienna were still out there. They were dangerous and likely planning something. Finding and stopping them had to take precedence over everything else. "I did. Nothing," Mom said. "Forgive me, but did you check the morgue?" I knew I was being crass, but I didn't care with how tired I was. If Ruth wasn't in the hospital, it was possible she had just keeled over and died. Mom's face fell for a moment.

"Yes, I called them too. They didn't have anyone fitting her description." "I don't know, Mom. Maybe she just went on an overdue vacation," I said. "Without telling us?" "She could have just quit." "Without notice?" I didn't know what she wanted me to say, and I was tired of trying to figure it out. "I'm sorry, Mom, really. But I have more important things to worry about." I stepped around her, ready to just collapse into my bed. Mom followed behind me. "Her disappearance lines up with Sienna and Claire's breakout, Jake. What if... I don't know.

What if they did something to her?" I paused, stopping in my stride. Mom came to my side, her pleading eyes looking into my face. 1/2 If Ruth wasn't in the hospital or at the morgue... *25 Bonus Mom was right. She had been with us for so long that she wouldn't have just gone on vacation or quit without letting someone know, unless... Pieces started to fit together in my mind, especially as I remembered that Claire and Sienna had an accomplice in their escape. An older woman.... I turned to face my mother. "Mom, just how well do you know Ruth?" She blinked, "What do you mean?

She's worked here for years, even when you were a baby. Before we had... well, Amelia. Before Sienna." "But how well do you really know her." Mom's expression started to waver, falling by the second. "I... well... she kept to herself." "Ask the other servants," I said. "I'll help." Suddenly I didn't feel so tired anymore. Maybe I was grasping at straws, but for the first time since the jailbreak, I was starting to think we might have at lead. This time, I wasn't going to brush off Mom's concerns.

This time, I was going to find out as much as I could about Ruth until I either found her myself or learned in some other way that she wasn't involved in all of this. Comments LI Support Share 2/2 Joseph King