The Princess and the Pauper (Arabella and Romeo) novel Chapter 860

"It's been a year," Clark lamented, "I can't believe it took me a year to realize she was in danger. How did you find out? I've also been to Stardust Lane, but the villagers there wouldn't say a word about Carol. Either they played dumb, or they simply walked away. How did you figure out something was off from what they said?"

"I bought a cup of hot milk from her neighbor's breakfast joint and sat down to listen to their chitchat."

Clark was in dumb silence..

Just like that?

And she managed to pick up hints from that?

"They're all from the same town. You, a stranger, suddenly asking about Carol would have made them wary, and they would hide the truth. But if they're gossiping among themselves, it's a different story."

Clark laughed at himself, "I even went to her house, asking her parents abruptly."

At that time, he was almost going insane, unable to find Carol anywhere. He had to swallow his pride and ask the villagers to visit her parents again and again.

Her parents kept saying they couldn't reach their daughter either, and Clark thought they were lying.

He thought Carol had fallen for someone else, that her parents didn't want him to bother her anymore, so they lied to him.

"Looking back now, her parents probably didn't know anything, but I can't be sure. We'll have to wait for the investigation results."

"What has she been through this past year?" Clark murmured to himself, "Why are those people calling her a traitor? What kind of situation did she get involved in? Is she safe now?"

"Clark, don't worry too much," Arabella softly consoled, "Those people are also trying to find Carol. That means she hasn't shown up yet, and she must be hiding somewhere."