1:48 P.M.
San Miguel's Hospital.
August 30th, the year 2018. Thursday.
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A month after Katrina Fajardo went missing.
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Nearly a month after Dominador Gomez went missing.
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15 hours and 48 minutes after Zoey Cortez had been abducted.
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He swallowed as Carmela patted his shoulder in a second and sat down beside the bed. Marcus formed the words and asked, "Where is Zoey?"
Marcus put his hand on his abdomen and felt the sting with only that little touch. He controlled the grunt to come as Carmela stared at him for a second and looked at Matthew, Abbey, and Xian.
Abbey bit her lip as she looked down and Marcus gripped the blanket on his legs while furiously saying, "Your brother... Xyrelle was..."
