Chapter 99 Something Terrible

New York Street

Manhattan, New York, US. 8 PM

“She's still there," Nancy pointed toward the TV screen displaying the CCTV footage.

The news of Claire losing her daughter had quickly spread throughout the café. A manager had approached to help while other staff members searched every corner of the café, even those rarely accessed by customers—storage rooms and the kitchen. Some even searched outside, checking the souvenir shop across the street, the place Cecilia had initially wanted to visit.

But they found nothing.

Cecilia wasn’t there, and now Claire was tracking her daughter’s last appearance on the CCTV footage.

Then… something happened. Cecilia ran out of view of the camera. She disappeared from the recording. There was no trace of where she had gone. She had run towards the café door, following a man who called out to her—waving her over before picking her up and carrying her out of the café.

"Oh God," Claire closed her eyes, trying not to break down in hysterical sobs, even tho