Save Her Lose Us (Evangeline and Soren) novel Chapter 230

The next two days passed in relative calm.

Feedback from the UME prototype testing was positive overall. There were occasional minor data glitches, but they were quickly resolved.

Still, a lingering sense of unease gnawed at Evangeline whenever she had a moment to herself.

She’d reached out to Glenn several more times, but each conversation ended the same way: since the day Theresa vanished at sea, there hadn’t been any word from her.

The Carlisles had people scouring the area around the clock, but their efforts turned up nothing. In the end, they decided to widen the search radius.

Waiting for news was its own special kind of torment.

Every time her phone chimed, Evangeline’s heart would leap. Sometimes, even in the dead of night, a phantom vibration would have her jolting awake, scrambling for her phone.

She desperately wanted the Carlisles to get some news, but at the same time, she dreaded what that news might be.

Almost as if he sensed her anxiety, Glenn texted her that afternoon: “Don’t worry. Tessa’s going to be fine.”

Evangeline’s heart skipped a beat. Maybe he’d heard something? Hope flickered, and she quickly replied, “Did you find out something?”

“There’s a local priest here,” Glenn wrote back. “I took Tessa’s birth chart to him and he said she’s destined to face a lot of hardship, but most of it will be near misses—nothing fatal. He even said she’ll live to be at least eighty.”

“And besides, I stopped by a church last week and drew a blessing card. It was the best one.”

Evangeline stared at Glenn’s earnest messages, torn between laughter and exasperation. “You’re always the one telling me I should believe in science, not superstition.”

“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” Glenn replied.

Evangeline had never been afraid of ghosts or the supernatural—she’d never believed in any of it. But reading Glenn’s message, for the first time, she wanted it all to be true.

Her nerves, wound tight for days, finally loosened just a little.

“By the way, you should be careful too,” Glenn added.

She knew exactly what he meant: Victor.

The mere thought of Victor left her uneasy.

Victor had always hated her—if he couldn’t hurt her directly, he’d at least find a way to make her life miserable. But this time, there’d been nothing but silence from his side.

In fact, she’d heard Victor had flown out that morning with a group of people to search the coast for Theresa.

She couldn’t help but find it strange.

She mentioned Victor’s sudden departure to Glenn, who sounded just as puzzled: “He didn’t come looking for you?”

Evangeline shook her head, still surprised.

She suspected Finn might be behind this change. But when she’d tried to subtly ask Finn about it, he’d said nothing.

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