Part Three
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Eva's POV
No matter how hard I tried to focus on work and our upcoming meeting, my mind kept going back to the damn snail and my encounter with the strange, yet handsome, Quince Mavoric. There was a weird gut wrenching feeling that kept eating at my insides about all this, and it was becoming more impossible by the second to handle it.
This whole snail drama was messing with my entire system. Especially my thinking. The meeting was the most important one yet, and I couldn't focus on it. The whole purpose of it was to set up what direction the company would go in this year. The company itself did a lot of things based on public services. Such as setting up infrastructure that would build the city into a better place. A main reason why we were so popular for our work.
I heaved in a few breathes before I could get a massive headache and couldn't do the meeting. Dad was depending on me to make this the greatest one yet. I would be head of the company in a matter of some years and my dad wanted me to prove to him that I could woo the hearts and souls of our allies. I was scared to say the least.
It would be my first time doing this sort of thing. I was twenty three and entrusted to do the work of a forty year old business man, also known as my dad.
"Umm, Ms. McLane", Sharlotte entered in my office as I continued pacing the plush carpet.
"What is it Sharotte?", I asked but didn't look at her, I was thinking of ways to win the cold hearts of our allies.
"Your step mother", I lifted my eyes of the ground to look at her seeing she was holding an office phone in her hands, "She's on the phone for you".
I took the phone from her and mouthed a 'thank you' to her before putting it to my ear.
"Nancy?"
"Oh thank God!", she began hysterically, "Eva...I...I can't..."
She started sobbing through the other end and all my senses went hyper aware. Something was definitely wrong.
"What is it Nancy?" I enquired as my heart rate started accelerating.
"I can't find Azzy!", fear constricted me as soon as I heard her say those words. My breathing seemed to lessen as pictures of my little sister flooded my brain. The blood coursing through my veins seemed to have frozen in paralysis as my throat felt tighter and tighter by each moment.
"I came to pick her up from Pre-school and her teacher told me she'd already left. I'm scared Eva. What if something happens to her?" Nancy continued to sob out.
"Relax Nancy. Nothing will happen to her", I tried to reassure both Nancy and myself. Truth be told, I was more scarred than Nancy. She didn't know about my paralysis issues when I was scarred. If she knew she'd tell me to leave it to her to find Azzy and that I should calm down. But it was my little sister, I couldn't sit and play dumb to it, especially when I could help.
"Nancy, are you there?" I asked her.
"Yeah", she choked out.
"Meet me at the zoo and we'll sort out something there", I told her and hung up not waiting for a response.
As quickly as possible, I made my way to the zoo.
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When I arrived at the zoo I frantically searched for any sign of Nancy. I almost fainted on my way here in the car due to my hyperventilating. I still felt drowsy, but I needed to get my little sister.
"I think you're looking for this", I heard the familiar British accent come from behind me and turned to see none other than Quince Mavoric with my little sister in his arms giggling. What was his problem? Was he stalking me now? He practically kidnapped my little sister. This behavior was completely criminal.
"Did you just call me a 'this'?" Azzy asked and pulled at Quince's hair on his head, "No one calls me that. I'm not a thing." I was proud of my little sister's smartness and braveness, but she needed to be careful around this stranger.
"I'm sorry princess", Quince cooed at her and the site would have made me swoon if he hadn't kidnaped her!
"Put her down", I breathed out weakly. My chest was hurting and I didn't know how long it would be until I fainted or worst.
"Why should I?" he dared to question with a raised eyebrow. The pain coming from my beating organ also intensified.
"Quince I swear I'll...", no sooner had I dropped to the floor in excruciating pain. I clutched my chest, but I couldn't make so much as a sound.
"Eva!" I heard the voice of Azzy screech out as Quince dropped her and they both ran to me. I felt my muscles going numb and I tried to move, but I couldn't. I was paralyzed!
"Oh my god! Eva!", another voice sounded, but I was to far gone to recognize it. My eyes were already starting to droop and I felt everything closing in on me.
The last thing I remembered hearing before the darkness consumed me was someone whispering to me, "Just breathe..."
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