"Do you… know where Addie went? When did she leave?" Elias asked, his voice hoarse as he licked his dry lips.

The staff exchanged uneasy glances before one of them replied, "Sir, Mrs. Sterling left early this morning with her suitcase. We don’t know where she went."

Left? Where could she have gone?

Elias’ mind was blank, flooded with a wave of panic as he struggled to think. Her parents had lo