Sanno waited outside their room, and when they got out, he apologized again, "I'm really very, very sorry. Uhh… Next time, you should lock the door."
"It was unplanned," Lia said, and she still couldn't look in her friend's eyes. It was like she and Aesop did a crime together and were caught red-handed...
"Sorry, I forgot to check…" Aesop said and then asked, "But what's the emergency? You looked panicked and barged in."
"It's about Leo Vayneseed," Sanno explained as they all walked in the hallway, "I got a tip that he was kidnapped, and the abductors also took his mother with them."
He heard about it from Lemmon, who was already close with Anivia. It seemed like Anivia called Lemmon because he was the only person to who she knew she could tell these things to. Even though she looked calm on the outside, she felt very afraid about witnessing such an unfortunate act.
