Ryan’s quest for answers

Ryan drives for a few minutes because of how close Kalinin’s estate is to Bistro Bills and in no time, he pulls over in front of Kalinin’s beautiful house.

He knocks on the door even though it is quite late and he doesn't like visiting people this late, but the situation is different…it is Melanie who is involved here.

He rings the doorbell for a while before Kalinin steps out with her hair disheveled, slightly tangled and messy, her sleep-flushed cheeks with a hint of warmth, her eyes slightly puffy with a sleepy gaze in a tank top and baggy sweat pants.

“This can't be Melanie, it has to be Kalinin because what time did she get home that she is already sleeping?” Ryan jumps to conclusions as he eyes the lady in front of him from head to toe.

“Good evening ma'am…I am Ryan, Mel’s friend” he introduces.

“I know you” Kalinin answers him curtly because she is really tired after the day's activities and she just wants to get back to the comfort of her bed.

“Sorry to disturb you this late, but I want to see Melanie” He jumps straight to his request but Kalinin’s brows furrow in confusion.

“She didn't tell you?” she asks him and that visibly confuses Ryan because he doesn't know what she is talking about, so he shakes his head.

“She is not here” she answers him.

“Where is she please…There is something of uttermost importance that I need to speak to her about” he informs Kalinin.

“She is in PearlCoast” she answers him but he furrows his brows.

“Is there a street called Pearl Coast in Orion that I don't know about, or can you just help me with the address so that I can find it easily?” he asks refusing to believe that Melanie will travel back to her base station without telling him about it or leaving him a piece of information.

“She went back to the pearl coast…I mean the country because something came up and I guess she told one of your waiters to inform you, and if she didn't, then she probably forgot to do that”

“She will be back when she sorts out everything that she needs to sort out okay…I am sorry that I am not answering you the way I should, but I am really tired and I have morning duty tomorrow tomorrow, so I need to get back to bed now okay?” Kalinin says and he nods.

“Thank you so much for your time,” he thanks her, and she nods before she goes back inside.

Ryan checks his wristwatch for the time and realizes that even if he wants to go back to Bistro Bliss to get the information that she left with anybody...that is if she did, he won't make it in time since it is 11:55 pm already and Bistro Bliss closes by midnight, so he decides to suppress his quest for answers till the next day when her phone number will most likely be reachable.

Alex returns to his mom's house but he doesn’t go into the house through the main entrance, he goes in through the entrance that enters his room upstairs because he can’t even explain what he is feeling like to anybody at the moment.

He feels slighted, disappointed, and betrayed by Melanie’s actions because he can’t wrap his head around why Melanie will leave Orion without making an effort to get in touch with him.

Caleb Wellington has only been back in Mel’s life for one night and Melanie is already doing things without considering what he will feel like and he just has a feeling that if he stays in Mel’s life long enough, he is going to displace him so he has to do something about it and that too very fast.

Ryan spends the whole night trying to figure out how to get rid of Caleb Wellington’s without necessarily hurting him, he ends up even skipping dinner because he doesn’t want to deal with his mom's excesses and he ends up drifting into sleep from there.

The next morning Ryan wakes up and the first thing he does is try Mel’s number but the number is still switched off when he can’t take it anymore, he gets out of bed and leaves the house in search of a private investigator to help him place Caleb’s whereabouts because he was the last person that was known to be with Mel, but he finds out from the private investigator that Mel and Caleb left Orion together in Caleb’s private jet.

Even though he knows where their whereabouts are, he still can’t wrap his head around why Mel and Caleb left Orion together and what could have cropped up. He doesn’t have anybody to talk to, who will be able to wrap their head around what could have made both of them leave Orion together and he can’t speak to Alex because he doesn’t even know where he stands with Alex and doesn’t feel comfortable talking to Alex about anything that concerns Mel so he has no choice but to wait till he hears Mel’s side of the story.