Lucian’s POV
It took a while for me to finally calm Sheila down enough to hang up the phone, but when I finally did, I breathed a big sigh of relief. At the end, she still insisted I come home, but at least she wasn’t threatening suicide anymore. I’d convinced her that I would leave early.
Early, however, did not mean this minute.
Right now, I had to find Aria. After finding her missing from the pool area, I searched through the house. Coming up empty once again, I tried to think about where she would have gone. Then I remembered how she would often compliment my mother on her gardens.
Aria loved it out there.
I cursed myself. Knowing that, the gardens should have been the first place I checked.
Rushing outside, I searched for Aria and found her wandering among the flowers. Her face
