Chapter 116

Araceli POV

The night was getting late.

The inner turmoil gradually ate away at me.

Essel was sitting on the couch somewhat six-footed, staring out of the window with two blank eyes.

Krish was sitting on the floor clutching his laptop. His fingers clicked quickly on the keyboard.

After ten minutes, he looked up.

"Mommy, I found Micah. He's moving fast now and should be in a car."

He tracked Micah's cell phone and was able to pinpoint Micah's location.

I sent the location to my phone and stared at the map for a minute.

I was getting more and more uneasy, as if a million ants were crawling inside.

"Why would Micah be at the docks so late?"

The marina over there had once flourished, but now it was abandoned because the coastal environment was polluted.

Not many people had been in that neighborhood for a long time after the factories moved away.

"Mommy, I feel bad..." Essel rubbed where her heart was. "I always feel as if