And now, with her name in the news and her disappearance drawing attention, what if the police suspected him of being involved in her vanishing? The thought made his stomach churn with anxiety.
As these unsettling thoughts raced through his mind, the doorbell rang abruptly, the sharp sound cutting through the thick tension in the room. The sudden noise jolted him out of his spiralling panic, his heart pounding as he slowly got up to open the door.