"Why is there no news of her death or even of her being missing? Shouldn't they be looking for her?"
The woman paced the floor as she muttered to herself, her anxiety growing as she stared at the flickering news on her phone and the muted television. The world outside seemed to carry on as usual, but within her, a storm of dread brewed. It had been more than a day since she had received the money from Kael, and despite that, Isidora Sterling had remained missing without a trace. Shouldn't Kael, who had so casually handed over a staggering hundred million as if it were mere pocket change, have been worried? After all, this was a woman he had deemed worth such a fortune. One would expect that he would be desperate to find her, that he would mobilize every resource at his disposal to uncover her whereabouts. But instead, all remained ominously quiet. Why?
