Grace Ziegler's mind buzzed as if it were vibrating, and she hurried home.
Unable to contact her mother and worried that her mother might have encountered an accident, Daniel Marshall also went out looking for her.
The person previously in charge of tracking the bus continued to search along the bus route with even greater care.
It was already mealtime, and Ella Charles was hungry as well. There were no shops near the bus station, just a large factory, so Ella had no choice but to walk forward, hoping to buy some food to satiate her hunger.
Daniel's people arrived and asked the driver, but they didn't see the person they were looking for.
The driver answered truthfully, saying that there had been a woman who had taken the wrong bus and had been waiting here just a moment ago; he didn't know where she had gone now.
Daniel's people split up to search, leaving only one person to wait at the bus station.
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