Chapter 20 Runaway Sister

On the Thursday before our engagement party, Darius called me at the office to say his sister, Leo, had ditched school. She hasn’t been seen since last night. “I’m heading to Yorkshire in the helicopter to see what’s going on. She might turn up to the office, so can you hang out there in case she does appear there?” His voice sounded strained. He must be so worried.

“Yes, of course I will. Poor love, do you know why she ran away?”

Darius sighed. “It’s something to do with Seb. She adores him and Ethan, and I think she’s told some girls that she’s going to a party with him. Of course, they didn’t believe her and some sort of fight started. She might go to the house there, and I’ve phoned Mrs Cod to look out for her.”

“Ok, I hope you find her quickly.”

“God, so do I. I can’t think of anything worse, especially if she hitched a lift to York.”

Damn, that would be dreadful. She was only seventeen, and if she got into the wrong hands, it didn’t bear thinking about.

“Hopefully, I’ll see