52. Rattled

Maxim Vasiliev

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Unlike other days, I came home very early and was surprised to see that Brielle was not around.

I was confused. If she wanted to go out, she asked me first.

My first thought was that she ran away so I went to her room to check. There were books scattered on her bed. Has she been in a rush? Or was she distracted when she was running?

I opened her closet and it was equally disorganized. Brielle was not a disorganized person. Her clothes from the previous day were not inside the hamper. They were on the floor close to it. I shook my head as I picked it up and placed it inside.

I did not want to make a fuss yet so after helping her to arrange her closet, I went down to the basement, but she was still not there.

I wanted to ask Mikhail since they were sort of close but I knew he was not going to answer to me, so I went to the tech room.

“Good afternoon, boss.” One of my men was in there eating a snack.

“Igor.” I acknowledged him as I sat down on one of the chairs in fron